The Effect In The Cask Of Amontillado By Edgar Allan Poe

Revenge and Murder Make a Hell of a Story Revenge is a heinous emotion that can consume and overtake you, it can even bring you to the extreme solution of murder. This is exactly what happened in the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allen Poe. In the story Montresor, a deranged mason, seeks revenge upon Fortunato, a wealthy Italian man who is accused of insulting Montresor. Poe successfully deliveries this eerie and dark tale through the use of literary devices such irony and foreshadowing. With the use of these devices every element of this story was used to create a single emotional impact. This technique is called unity of effect and Poe is known to have been the father of this term. Unity of effect is something that is commonly found in Poe’s work and helped him become a household name when it comes to gothic literature. To understand why creating an emotional impact on the reader is important you must understand how to first create this impact. The first literary device we will discuss is the foreshadowing of many things in this story. Foreshadowing
An example of this is shown in the story when Montresor is pretending to be Fortunato’s friend. “It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as was my in to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my to smile now was at the thought of his immolation.” In this quote, Montresor talks about how he smiles in Fortunato’s face so he would not suspect he wished him ill. Montresor is seen as being a phony person although the story by drinking to Fortunato’s long like and good health. He also pretends to care the he might be sick when he starts to cough. This brings us to the next literary device. Verbal irony and dramatic irony go hand in hand and can often both be found in one