THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO MOOD PAPER In Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “ The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Poe is so descriptive in the way he explains everything in grain detail his mood is disturbing. In the Beginning of Poe’s story he explains that the narrator (who is also the main character) says “the thousand injuries I had born as I best could‚ but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.” he wants revenge on Fortunato. You might think say he wants revenge because Fortunato insulted the Montresor
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Edgar Allen Poe was known for his strange and mysterious stories. One of his most popular stories is Tell-Tale Heart. This story is about an unnamed narrator who tries to convince the reader of his sanity while describing the murder he committed to an old man with a cataract. The narrator was not insane. He may have killed an innocent man‚ but he took extraordinary precaution whilst doing so. In the end‚ the killer even felt guilty for his crimes and ended up confessing to the police. The plan to
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The readings in the Reader by Judith Van Allen and Janheinz Jahn show what life was like for women and their roles in society. Jahn tells the life of a girl named Ewumi and describes what her duties were like as a woman. From a young age‚ Ewumi experienced what the gender roles were and how she was expected to live as she got older. When she became of age‚ she was able to pick a suitor. This surprised me because I thought that the women did not have a say in who they married. Women were expected
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Between the reading of both Big Sur by Jack Kerouac and Howl by Allen Ginsberg‚ I believe Howl was more shocking to the establishment of the 1950’s. In the opening of Ginsberg poem‚ he writes‚ “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness‚ starving hysterical naked‚ dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix.” (1356) I believe he was speaking towards the social problems being faced within the 50’s alone in his piece. As long as I’ve been alive‚ I’ve
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Edgar Allen Poe’s poem‚ “The Raven”‚ illustrates the overwhelming feeling of loneliness and sorrow that comes with the loss of someone special. In the poem‚ “The Raven”‚ the speaker opens up by explaining the setting of the poem as a “dreary” night and that he is “weak and weary” (Line 1). The speaker notes that he is full of sorrow on that night‚ with his mind focused on his lost loved one. He is so focused‚ he becomes delusional‚ hearing a tapping at his door. He ignores it‚ and goes on how it
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contrasting reality with suppositions about reality‚ the reader is able to arrive at a better understanding of the author’s intent. The rhetorical device of irony in literature is often far more effective than a direct statement. For example‚ in Edgar Allen Poe’s The Black Cat‚ the man starts out loving animals‚ especially his own cat Pluto‚
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Edgar Allen Poe was influenced by the Romantic movement of his time‚ where character motivations were guided by emotions and passions rather than reason and concepts of the occult were examined. He explored numerous facets of human fascination with the concept of violence‚ death and the aftermath in his stories “The Tell-Tale Heart”‚ “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ “The Masque of the Red Death”‚ and “The Black Cat” and how people can be driven to commit murder‚ to insanity and to face the inevitability
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becomes a gruesome murderer. What was once a joyful‚ little girl goes on to become a kind romantic. What one must know is that though people can change on the outside‚ their inner personality always ends up showing. In The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe‚ Montresor vows revenge against a foe of his. His method is murder. While in The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry‚ Della is a beautiful woman who wants to please her husband and stops at nothing to accomplish it. These two very different characters
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Edgar Allan Poe’s The Philosophy of Composition was written in 1846‚ and according to my perception of what he writes‚ it was first of its kind. None before him had dared to reveal their creative process‚ as difficult and complex as it is‚ and for this they received particular criticism from Poe himself. It seems to me‚ that although he respects that other writers consider the creative process a secret or merely a sled of unexpected mind twists and mysterious thought processes‚ he himself wanted
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“Helen‚ thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore That gently‚ o’er a perfumed sea‚ The weary‚ way-worn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam‚ Thy hyacinth hair‚ thy classic face‚ Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece‚ And the grandeur that was Rome. Lo‚ in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand‚ The agate lamp within thy hand‚ Ah! Psyche‚ from the regions which Are Holy Land!” By Edgar
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