“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
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health issues and drinking problems. His obsession is his cat named Pluto‚ his favorite animal out of the many he owns. He described him as "Pluto... was my favorite pet and playmate. I alone fed him‚ and he attended me wherever I went about the house"(Poe page4). This quote reveals how much he loved and cared his black cat. He is talking about Pluto in recognition of his best friend
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perspective. It covers issues on psychotic behaviour‚ paranoia‚ guilt and murder through the language‚ structure and narrative form. Poe believed that all good literature must create a united effect on the reader and reveal truth or evoke emotions. The Tell-Tale Heart exemplifies this with Poe’s ability to expose the dark side of humankind‚ also dealing with psychological realism. Poe also establishes that the story is directed at an anonymous reader‚ narrated by an anonymous person because of the
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In Poe’s “The Black Cat”‚ the main symbol of the story is the black cat‚hence the title.Throughout the story‚Poe has written different allusions of what the cats had represented over time.First‚Poe had wrote that the narrator’s wife believes in superstitions‚going back to the ancient popular notion of “all black cats as witches in disguise”.(Paragraph 4) Poe was referencing to the witch trials‚when Pluto was hanged and burned when the narrator’s house burned down.Fire and hangings were elements
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Fortunato has insulted and offended him‚ thus Montresor intends to punish him for that. This is evident in the following statement: “The Thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best as I could‚ when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge” (Poe 157). The theme of revenge continues throughout the story‚ and Montresor feeds his will of vengeance by comparing his life to Fortunato’s as he clearly states: “You are rich‚ respected‚ admired‚ beloved; you are
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The short story “Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe explores the two themes of the inevitability of death and the fear of time. The author develops these themes by using symbolism‚ plot‚ and allusions in order to convey these themes. One of the main themes is that death is inevitable. The setting of the story is revolved around Prince Prospero’s fortified mansion trying to escape the Red Death. During the story‚ Prince Prospero’s throws a party for him and his wealthy friends trying to
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Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Comparison Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne were two of America’s finest Romantic writers. These two writers have stood the test of time and are read as much today if not more than they were in their own time. The major reason that both author’s were as popular as they are is because of the fact that they delved into the human mind to create their psychological literature. Edgar Allan Poe’s life spanned from eighteen nine until nineteen forty-nine
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Amontillado”‚ Edgar Allen Poe displays the narrator to be unreliable. An unreliable narrator is a character whose telling of the story is not completely accurate or credible due to problems with the character’s mental state or maturity (study.com). In the story‚ our narrator Montresor plans a scheme to kill his friend‚ Fortunato‚ for the wrong he has done to him. Throughout the piece‚ the narrator explains to the readers that while this is a plot to take revenge on his friend‚ Poe utilizes the unreliable
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as he moves closer to the mansion. For example‚ while the narrator is on route to the mansion‚ he states‚ “During the whole of a dull‚ dark‚ and soundless day […] I had been passing alone‚ on horseback‚ through a singularly dreary tract of country” (Poe 675). While the narrator establishes the gloomy atmosphere that will pervade the entire story‚ his description as vague and abstract‚ as the story begins in the absence of setting‚ or rather‚ with the potential for setting. However‚ the story’s somber
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My mental diagnosis of Matthew Poe is Schizophrenia. The main symptoms of Schizophrenia are delusions and hallucinations. More specifically‚ I believe the patient has Paranoid Schizophrenia‚ which main indication is a person feeling extremely suspicious. The patient shows extreme signs of paranoia and hallucinations. These hallucinations consist of hearing the heartbeat of the old man that the patient murdered. The sound of this heartbeat in his ears is causing the patient extreme paranoia‚ and the
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