The Cask of Amontillado and The Tell-tale Heart
“The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-tale Heart”
“The Cask of Amontillado” and “The tell-tale heart” were written by Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809, Boston, Massachusetts. Poe was known as a poet, editor, literary critic, and his tales about mystery. Two of his famous stories, “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-tale Heart”, has a setting in the mid 1800’s, were narrator in each stories killed another character, hid their victims and leaving no evidence behind, both tragic stories. But both of these stories don’t end the same, one of these stories, the murder gets away, and the other faces his consequences.
In “The Cask of Amontillado” Montresor is the narrator, he’s telling the story fifty years after it happened. The story begins, Montresor tells the story of the day that he took his revenge on Fortunato, because for insulting Montresor's family, mocking him for some reason, and questioning his knowledge, and education. Basically Montresor killed fortunate for no reason but in his mind all the reason he should. Reading the story He persuades the audience that he wasn’t insane, but in reality, Montrsor is. Fortuanto was the victim in this story and had no clue the killing that was about to happen to him. Fortuanto pretend that he was Montresor friend and so he can find out what his weakness was. He meets Fortunato, at a costume carnival celebration and sees fortuanto already drunk. Montresor approaches Fortuanto telling him he has a barrel of a rare brandy called Amontillado. Fortunato want some of this Amontillado, so Fortuanto follows, Montresor to his family catacombs, that’s where he told Fortuanto the Amontillado was at. The narrator leads Fortunato deeper into the catacomb, getting him drunker along the way. Montresor led Fortunato into a man-sized hole. Montresor got a hold of Fortuanto and chains Fortunato to the wall, and then begins to close Fortunato in the hole, left him there to die.
In “The Tell-tale
“The Cask of Amontillado” and “The tell-tale heart” were written by Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809, Boston, Massachusetts. Poe was known as a poet, editor, literary critic, and his tales about mystery. Two of his famous stories, “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-tale Heart”, has a setting in the mid 1800’s, were narrator in each stories killed another character, hid their victims and leaving no evidence behind, both tragic stories. But both of these stories don’t end the same, one of these stories, the murder gets away, and the other faces his consequences.
In “The Cask of Amontillado” Montresor is the narrator, he’s telling the story fifty years after it happened. The story begins, Montresor tells the story of the day that he took his revenge on Fortunato, because for insulting Montresor's family, mocking him for some reason, and questioning his knowledge, and education. Basically Montresor killed fortunate for no reason but in his mind all the reason he should. Reading the story He persuades the audience that he wasn’t insane, but in reality, Montrsor is. Fortuanto was the victim in this story and had no clue the killing that was about to happen to him. Fortuanto pretend that he was Montresor friend and so he can find out what his weakness was. He meets Fortunato, at a costume carnival celebration and sees fortuanto already drunk. Montresor approaches Fortuanto telling him he has a barrel of a rare brandy called Amontillado. Fortunato want some of this Amontillado, so Fortuanto follows, Montresor to his family catacombs, that’s where he told Fortuanto the Amontillado was at. The narrator leads Fortunato deeper into the catacomb, getting him drunker along the way. Montresor led Fortunato into a man-sized hole. Montresor got a hold of Fortuanto and chains Fortunato to the wall, and then begins to close Fortunato in the hole, left him there to die.
In “The Tell-tale