The Cask Of Amontillado Verbal Irony Analysis

There is a tale dark and grim about a person named Montressor who carefully and decisively plots his revenge to an oblivious and wine-loving clown named Fortunato for the thousand injuries he had done to him. This is a short story called, “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe used verbal irony to foreshadow the grim demise of Fortunato in the story of the Cask of Amontillado. Throughout the story, Poe used a lot of verbal irony to foreshadow the death of Fortunato. An example of verbal irony is when Montressor replies to Fortunato during a toast, “And I to your [Fortunato] long life” (99). This is verbal irony since Montessor knows that Fortunato will not have a long life for long and that he is actually toasting to the unavoidable death of Fortunato. As a result, this foreshadows the grim demise of Fortunato. Another instance of verbal irony in
At first glance this might seem that Montressor is concerned for the health of Fortunato and offers him a chance to escape before Montressor does something harmful to him. But in reality, Montressor is not actually concerned for his friend and has no intention on turning back now. He uses that as some kind of reverse psychology to keep Fortunato lured in. This deceptive act by Montressor creates an even more foreshadowing effect to Fortunato death. In conclusion, the message Edgar Allan Poe had in the Cask of Amontillado is that a well-coordinated revenge can be elusive and hard to recognize until it is too late. Throughout the story, Montressor gave a lot of warning signs to Fortunato but Fortunato was oblivious to them mainly because he was intoxicated by the wine. Nevertheless, it was not until that Montressor started to wall Fortunato in that Fortunato realized his unfortunate demise. Montressor got away with his cunning and well-planned