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    Literary Analysis of “The Cask of Amontillado” “Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” is an excellent example of how short fiction can embody many literary elements. This tale of revenge and horror contains three important devices‚ including mood‚ suspense‚ and characterization. By utilizing these three elements in his work‚ Poe creates a story that instantly grabs the reader’s attention and

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    Mental Diagnosis for Emily In the short story “A Rose for Emily”‚ the reader can conclude that Emily appears to have had schizophrenia by way she interacts in the town. Emily’s mental problems start to come to light to the reader when she begins having hallucinations. The reader gains further background and further sees mental instability in Emily right after her father dies. The town people also begin to see that there are mental issues with Emily‚ yet do not want to make it known to keep the integrity

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    The unusual way Faulkner arranges his story‚ “A Rose for Emily‚” affected my experience as I was reading the narrative in numerous ways. By beginning by stating “When Miss Emily Grierson died…” (119) Faulkner set up his story as being about Miss Emily and led me to believe this event was the beginning of the story. Once I got to part two‚ I realized that Miss Emily’s death was not the first event to take place in this story‚ but was just what Faulkner chose to write about first. It was then left

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    A Rose for Emily is a short story written by William Faulkner in 1931. The story takes place in a fictional city called Jefferson‚ Mississippi. The story starts with the end telling about Emily Grierson’s death. Following that‚ it jumps to the beginning where her father dies. Next it jumps to when she is very ill before death. Followed by Homer rejecting here which was before that. Then finally to her own death. Emily lived with her controlling father‚ he never let her date or marry anyone. When

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    ever-changing society. There are two interpretations to be made in understanding the motive and meaning behind Emily murdering Homer Barron‚ in “A Rose for Emily”. The first motive deals with the personal revenge Emily seeks towards her father‚ the second being towards the town of

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    Richard Connell‚ “the cask of Amontillado” by Ed Poe‚ “the interlopers” have the same mood of murder and horror. The majority of people seek to teach others a lesson that ‘revenge’ will always be the response to everything. The theme of the story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Ed Poe‚ is when Fortunado got tricked into going to a basement (where they keep all the wines and the Amontillado) to check the Amontillado. He then ends up getting murdered. “Herein is the Amontillado…” (178). Montresor kills

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    The Mystery of Emily Grierson As remarkable a story as A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner was‚ the irony presented about Miss Emily’s life was truly remarkable. The life and death of Emily Grierson drew a lot of attention from the entire town. Faulkner’s description of the women in the town seemed to make the audience feel as if they were curious about her way of life. This short story was set in the town of Jefferson where for many years Miss Emily lived with her father. When her father passed

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    In my opinion‚ in Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado” Montresor’s actions cannot be justified in any way‚ first of all Montresor deceived Fortunato and rather than dueling the man or taking matters into the laws hands‚ he did not even give Fortunato a chance to contest. Nothing can truly ever justify intentional murder‚ and surely this is also true of Montresor’s actions in "The Cask of Amontillado." Readers are never explicitly told what “insult” Fortunato has given to Montresor

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    After finishing the cask of Amontillado‚ I slept until the morning sunlight beaming through the window awoke me. A most curious and strange sensation overcame me‚ and I ran quickly to the cellar to inspect my masonry. All was just as I had left it‚ I could faintly hear Fortunado rattle his chains as he wept. This was music to my ears‚ I had to hear it better. I removed the last brick so that the sound would travel unimpeded. As I removed the brick my heart felt strangely lighter. I removed a second

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    story A Rose For Emily. The main character‚ Miss Emily Grierson‚ doesn’t know why the public eye looks at her the way it does‚ she also doesn’t know why people act so differently around her. I believe it is strongly because of her father and the way he treated her while she was growing up. The story only spoke briefly about the father‚ but what they did say made him out to be somewhat controlling person. The story mentioned that there was a picture in the house that showed Miss Emily and her

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