in what seemed to be a carefree carnival. The second man is Montressor‚ not much is said about who he is‚ besides him being the narrator with an envious‚ dark heart. With Montressor being the narrator you have a more descriptive look at why he does what he does‚ and what his true motives were. Poe however still skillfully masks his true intensions‚ making it a surprised ending for the reader as well as Fortunato. The story begins on the street surface at a carnival somewhere in Italy. The first
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deliberately planned to have Fortunato murdered. However‚ note what he says about his servants and how he achieves the emptying of his house. Montresor thus seeks to implicitly recognise the human failings of others. He knows that during the time of Carnival‚ if given the opportunity‚ his servants would go out and make merry‚ even if they were told not to. He cunningly uses this understanding of the foibles of human nature to his own advantage‚ showing his ability to manipulate others and clearly acknowledging
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second wyatt was being dragged towards the carnival screaming bloody murder. “WYATT!!!” Avon screamed for his friend Boppo seemed to be unfazed by the trees in his way knocking them down left and right “BING” crash “BONG” crash “BING” crash “BONG”. Avon began to run faster than he had ever ran‚ faster he thought “Must go faster” crash “Need more speed” crash “Come on legs i know we can do this” avon was now running through the first rides of the carnival “Help please anyone please oh god where is
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suspicion of what he was going to do Fortunato. Montressor knew that Fortunato had a weakness that he could use towards his advantage. Fortunato prided himself in being a connoisseur of fine wines. They were at a carnival and Fortunato approached Montressor at dusk‚ the madness of the carnival season. Fortunato was very drunk. Fortunato was dressed motley like a jester. As reference from significant symbolism Poe used the Medallion of the Order of the Thistle: an 8 pointed star‚ charged with a figure
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role in the story. One example of verbal irony can be seen when Montresor first sees Fortunato at the carnival and says “My dear Fortunato‚ you are luckily met‚” (Poe 1). This statement is a type of verbal irony because Fortunato is not actually luckily met by Montressor‚ whose intentions are to murder Fortunato. A type of dramatic irony in the story can be seen in Fortunato’s attire at the carnival. Fortunato was dressed as a jester‚ though it was actually Montresor who was laughed at and ridiculed
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wears a “mask of black silk” symbolizing his evil‚ and again shows the persona that he has made keeping in mind the end goal to disguise his actual‚ controlling character. Montresor picks the carnival season to show his revenge which is generally a happy time and represents freedom. As they move far from the carnival and enter the dark vaults; Fortunato had fallen into Montresor’s trap and demonstrates no escape for him. This represents how gullible one can be when they let their emotions get the best
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to the station they asked me questions and I waited for my mom. She got there and I got home and she told me I was grounded and my friend Brittney texted my mom saying she had my phone. I told my mom that wasn’t possible because I lost it at the carnival turns out she had my phone the whole time because she didn’t want to get
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Being set at “dusk‚ one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season” (392) contributes to the irony of the story‚ since a carnival is usually considered a happy and enjoyable place‚ as well as the façade Montresor is putting on to conceal his plans to kill Fortunato. When the characters move to the catacombs‚ the environment begins to become
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“The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allen Poe‚ is a short story about a man named Montresor getting his revenge against Fortunato. Montresor is consumed with the willingness to devote his evening‚ of the final day of the Carnival season‚ to ending Fortunato’s insults against Montresor. Montresor addresses his revenge upon Fortunato to show the reader that he is clever‚ dedicated‚ and bragging about committing the perfect crime. Firstly‚ Montresor is clever. Montresor is clever in the way
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