Alyssa Becker “The Cask of Amontillado” Imagery Analysis In “The Cask of Amontillado‚” Edgar Allen Poe uses many examples of imagery‚ such as the descriptions of the carnival‚ characters‚ the walk through the catacombs‚ and much more throughout the story to build suspense and intrigue for the readers and add to the mystery of Montresor’s underlining actions of the revenge and deception of the foolish Fortunado. By using descriptive words and phrases to help us imagine the characters and setting
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after finding work as a magazine editor‚ he worked to publish most of his work in order to support his 13 year old wife (and cousin)‚ who had tuberculosis. Two years after her passing he died at the age of forty. 1. In the story‚ “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Montresor justifies the cruel murder of Fortunato by stating the “thousand injuries” and an “insult” against him. Based off of the text I believe these to actually not be intentional harm by Fortunato. In fact‚ I believe them to be based
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Reginald Harris Professor Pentecost Comp II- 1302 17 February 2014 Cask of Amontillado Response I first read the short story‚ Cask of Amontillado‚ which was written by Edgar Allen Poe my senior year in high school. We discussed the title as a class when we discovered that "Amontillado" was an alcoholic beverage and that "cask" could ’ve been short for casket. So as we put it all together we couldn ’t help but wonder why would any man write a story about a casket of wine. In order to find out
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Many years later in the year 1946‚ In Venice‚ Italy Luca and Stefano had to read the story “The Cask of Amontillado”. Both Boys were never really interested in reading‚ but knew it had to be done. Luca told Stefano that they should partner read and maybe they would get it done faster. Stefano grabbed the book and started to read. “The Thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge”… As the boys get deeper into the story‚ they got very
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his dark and twisted plots‚ “examining the depths of the human psyche”. Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado” is a short story about a narrator who has been wronged and insulted too many times by a man named Fortunato. The readers first meet Fortunato during Carnival when he dressed as a jester and was intoxicated off of wine. The narrator entices him to follow him to his vault with the promise of tasting his impressive Amontillado alcohol and determining its authenticity. Eventually‚ when they arrive at the
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speak. His writing will appear to be dragging on forever and you’ll feel as if the part you’re waiting for will never happen. Poe creates this illusion by describing every little detail going on in the current setting. For example in‚ “The Cask of Amontillado‚” as they went further down the caverns‚ Poe describes every little detail in
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Montresor’s Muders Throughout the entire story one man struggles to control his rage. In Edgar Allen Poe’s "The Cask of Amontillado" Montresor was a victim of being made fun of. During the story Montresor gets Fortunato to follow him all the way down the to catacombs. Once they arrive at their destination Montresor will get his final revenge taken out. Montresor accomplishes a big revenge because he is a good planner‚ angry‚ and a bit crazy. Montresor is a very good planner which ultimately makes
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The Cask of Amontillado is a dark and ghostly short story written by famous American writer and poet‚ Edgar Allan Poe. Like many other tales and poems conceived by Poe‚ the story is told through first person narration. The character is usually in psychological distress and his judgement is questionable. Furthermore‚ the atmosphere of the story is extremely mysterious and eerie‚ with part of the plot being hidden in the shadow. The Cask of Amontillado explores many different topics‚ including friendship
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The short story Cask of Amontillado by egder Allen Poe describes the revenge of a rich man named Montreser. The story takes place in 1846 at night during carnival. In this tail a rich man named montreser with a well renowned family is insulted by another rich man with a well renowned lineage named fortunado. Which in turn gives montreser a vendetta which causes him to plot reprisal.Shown when montreser states"But when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge".to carry out his plot Montreser meets
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In the story of The Cask of Amontillado it is critical that the story is in first person point of view‚ because Montressor is confessing that he killed Fortunato to the priest. For example‚ Montressor says to the priest that you “know the nature of my soul”. This shows that the priest and Montresor knows has known each other very well. This means that Montresor trusts the priest with this secret he has been keeping. In addition‚ it has been “half of a century” since Montresor killed Fortunato. This
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