The Cask Of Amontillado And The Lottery Comparison
Differences in Methods of Creating Horror between “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Lottery”
The Cask of Amontillado is believed to set place in the 18th century in a nameless city in Italy. Right from the start of the story, Edgar Allan Poe, sets the tone to be revengeful and unforgiving, in examples like, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.” (Poe) And “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.” (Poe). The Lottery on the other hand, starts off describing a clear and sunny morning of June 27th, a warm summer’s day. The author, Shirley Jackson, approaches Horror in a subtle way. The Author’s method is to create a perfect setting and start building suspense …show more content…
“We came at length to the foot of the descent, and stood together on the damp ground of the catacombs of the Montressors.” (Poe) This setting marks the beginning of the journey to reach the crypt where the Amontillado supposedly was. The description of the walls, the human bones, the damp and moist feeling of the catacombs, all come together to give the reader a sense of suspense and fear. “We passed through walls of piled bones, with casks and puncheons intermingling into the inmost recesses of the catacombs.” (Poe) The descriptions of the crypt create the atmosphere of the revenge and make the reader double think why would someone store wine in a place like that. “Its walls had been lined with human remains, plied to the vault overhead, in the fashion of the great catacombs of Paris. Three sides of this interior crypt were still ornamented in this manner, from the fourth the bones had been thrown down, and lay promiscuously upon the earth, forming at one point a mound of some size.” (Poe) This is where it was chosen for Fortunato to pay for his insults. The allegedly nitre in the air, and the Medoc Fortunato had drank; made him clueless and defenseless once he was in place to be chained up. At the end Fortunato was left to rot and cynically to rest in
The Cask of Amontillado is believed to set place in the 18th century in a nameless city in Italy. Right from the start of the story, Edgar Allan Poe, sets the tone to be revengeful and unforgiving, in examples like, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.” (Poe) And “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.” (Poe). The Lottery on the other hand, starts off describing a clear and sunny morning of June 27th, a warm summer’s day. The author, Shirley Jackson, approaches Horror in a subtle way. The Author’s method is to create a perfect setting and start building suspense …show more content…
“We came at length to the foot of the descent, and stood together on the damp ground of the catacombs of the Montressors.” (Poe) This setting marks the beginning of the journey to reach the crypt where the Amontillado supposedly was. The description of the walls, the human bones, the damp and moist feeling of the catacombs, all come together to give the reader a sense of suspense and fear. “We passed through walls of piled bones, with casks and puncheons intermingling into the inmost recesses of the catacombs.” (Poe) The descriptions of the crypt create the atmosphere of the revenge and make the reader double think why would someone store wine in a place like that. “Its walls had been lined with human remains, plied to the vault overhead, in the fashion of the great catacombs of Paris. Three sides of this interior crypt were still ornamented in this manner, from the fourth the bones had been thrown down, and lay promiscuously upon the earth, forming at one point a mound of some size.” (Poe) This is where it was chosen for Fortunato to pay for his insults. The allegedly nitre in the air, and the Medoc Fortunato had drank; made him clueless and defenseless once he was in place to be chained up. At the end Fortunato was left to rot and cynically to rest in