Similarities Between The Poison Tree And The Cask Of Amontillado

The cartoon, “The Poison Tree”, by Blake and “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Poe are all connected by the common ideas of wrath, vengeance, and friendship. In the first two panels of the cartoon, the boss is talking to his worker, and that worker screams to his wife. Given their existing relationships there is friendship in this but they are also screaming with wrath and transferring there vengeance to the next person. In “The Poison Tree”, the narrator has a friendship that ends because of his wrath, which is strong because of vengeance. For example, “I was angry at a foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.” And in “The Cask of Amontillado” Montressor kills his former friend with wrath, through vengeance. These pieces of writing all share the