Revenge In The Cask Of Amontillado
Honors 9
Revenges 1,001 Injuries
Homicidal maniacs, revenge, and self destructiveness consuming people and taking its victims. As many authors continue to express and many lives fulfill the concept, the fear and anger consume its victims until the make the ultimate choice. Revenge is an emotion which can become all consuming. Revenge takes over one's life until they are nothing but a ball fire, aiming for its next victim. Generally revenge tends to be irrational and silly, especiallyat such great lengths as murder. In the story, “The Utterly Perfect Murder”,( ) Doug, the protagonist awakes on his 48th birthday and thinks to himself, “I will arise and go kill Ralph Underhill.”( ) The irrationality of the situation is outstanding considering it is 36 years since …show more content…
The protagonist Doug has irrational motives for murder such as being targeted the bully physically as well as emotionally in addition Ralph was self centered human being who constantly put his personal feelings above others. As well as revenge is irrational it is also self destructive, slowly destroying its victims humanity, sanity, and sense of what is honorable and right verses what is abominable and destructive. In the short story, “The Cask of Amontillado” , By Edgar Allen Poe the protagonist, Montresor, outwits his drunken victim, Fortunato (antagonist), who Montresor intends to murder and executes effectively. Montresor's self destructive plan for revenge causes his heart grow, “...sick on the account of the little dampness,”( ) as well as kill. Montresor's ultimate revenge over, “The thousand injuries,” ( ) Fortunato caused the protagonist, this final decision will be the last injury
Revenges 1,001 Injuries
Homicidal maniacs, revenge, and self destructiveness consuming people and taking its victims. As many authors continue to express and many lives fulfill the concept, the fear and anger consume its victims until the make the ultimate choice. Revenge is an emotion which can become all consuming. Revenge takes over one's life until they are nothing but a ball fire, aiming for its next victim. Generally revenge tends to be irrational and silly, especiallyat such great lengths as murder. In the story, “The Utterly Perfect Murder”,( ) Doug, the protagonist awakes on his 48th birthday and thinks to himself, “I will arise and go kill Ralph Underhill.”( ) The irrationality of the situation is outstanding considering it is 36 years since …show more content…
The protagonist Doug has irrational motives for murder such as being targeted the bully physically as well as emotionally in addition Ralph was self centered human being who constantly put his personal feelings above others. As well as revenge is irrational it is also self destructive, slowly destroying its victims humanity, sanity, and sense of what is honorable and right verses what is abominable and destructive. In the short story, “The Cask of Amontillado” , By Edgar Allen Poe the protagonist, Montresor, outwits his drunken victim, Fortunato (antagonist), who Montresor intends to murder and executes effectively. Montresor's self destructive plan for revenge causes his heart grow, “...sick on the account of the little dampness,”( ) as well as kill. Montresor's ultimate revenge over, “The thousand injuries,” ( ) Fortunato caused the protagonist, this final decision will be the last injury