It was one of the best nights in a long time. There I was looking at the most beautiful girl I had ever laid eyes on. I was truly the luckiest guy in all of the earth. Pearl was not only the sweetest woman I had ever met‚ but‚ also the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Sure we had our ups and downs but in the end we loved each other and that was all that mattered. There was nothing standing in the way of us. Well‚ maybe one thing… or should I say person… Fortunato. You see‚ Fortunato
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Montresor from "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe was a revengeful‚ sarcastic‚ and cruel man because he led Fortunato to his death. There is no doubt that Montresor was the antagonist of "The Cask of Amontillado". The reader discovered that when reading about his revengefulness at the beginning of this short story. Montresor had enough with Fortunato’s insults and finally decided to see an end to his life (The reader inferred that Fortunato had done something to Montresor and/or his
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authors use suspense to keep the reader interested in the story. Suspense is the excitement or tension that readers feel as they wait to find out how a story ends or a conflict is resolved. In "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell‚ "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe‚ and "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury‚ all three authors use suspense to captivate the reader’s attention in their
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1. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” the setting helps clarify the theme of revenge possibly leading to guilt and regret later in life. Poe uses a lot of irony in his stories with almost every element possible‚ the setting is no different. At the beginning the story takes place during at a carnival in Italy. At the carnival everyone is having fun and celebrating‚ including Fortunato‚ the unfortunate victim of Montresor’s revenge plan. Later on the setting later changes drastically as
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Research Essay 1 Fortunes Irony In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ the story entails a cynical theme of cold calculated revenge. This becomes evident after the first couple lines where the narrator‚ identified as Montresor‚ states the story’s conflict as “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge” (Poe). From the beginning‚ the narrator tells in first person of his deep hatred for the victim Fortunato‚ and
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detestable vice which no one will forgive in others‚ and no one is without himself.” This quote from an American Congregationalist clergyman‚ Henry Ward Beecher best describes the two short stories “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. These stories deal with death in a gruesome fashion. Both Miss Emily and Montresor show narcissistic traits and they committed murder to satisfy their own selfish justifications. These two stories have many similarities
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Is Montresor Sane or Insane? Is killing someone for no good reason make someone insane? In the short story‚ “Cask of Amontillado‚” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ Montresor did‚ however kill someone without a logical reason. In the story‚ Montresor seeks revenge on his enemy‚ Fortunato‚ for insulting him. He takes him down into his catacomb‚ manages to chain up Fortunato‚ plaster up a wall‚ nevertheless suffocates him. The character‚ Montresor is insane because he gets satisfaction from other people’s suffering
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The Cask of Amontillado In Edgar Allan Poe’s horrific tale of “The Cask of Amontillado” readers witness a journey of two people wondering through an underground graveyard leading to a tragic and twisted end. Most readers assume that the character of Montresor is a male figure. All of the actions of Montresor‚ throughout the course of the story‚ are full capabilities of a woman. It could be possible that our two characters had a love affair before our gruesome tale plays out. Let us say that
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used sometimes is where the reader knows more than he author. The irony is used to foreshadow what will happen. The author Edgar Allen Poe uses irony in the short story the cask of amontillado. There are 2 types of irony. There is situational and then there is verbal irony. In the short story “the cask of amontillado” ____ irony is used. The first example of irony in this short story is Fortunato’s name. According to “Behind the name” the late latin name Fortunatus means "fortunate‚ blessed
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In stories authors use various slight details that give away big hints about the story. The reader often does not pay enough attention to locate them. This does not go unseen in “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe. The costumes Fortunato and Montresor wear in the story give specific details to who they are‚ what they are like‚ and what they might do in the story. In the story Montresor confronts Fortunato during the festival which Fortunato is wearing a costume of a fool which would be
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