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    “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe The short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is about a psychopath named Montresor who tells the story of how he murdered a man called Fortunato. The use of the murderer’s perspective is very appropriate because this short story is about the emotions and events of Montresor himself and not of any other character. The story begins with Montresor explaining to the readers that he “vowed revenge” (Poe) towards Fortunato who “ventured upon

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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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    "The Cask of Amontillado‚" written by Edgar Allan Poe‚ is a short story about revenge. The story starts with a man named Montresor vowing retribution on Fortunato because he insulted his family. After acquiring Fortunato‚ Montresor brings him down into his family’s vaults to go try some Amontillado. Then he traps Fortunato in the crypt to kill him. In this short story‚ Poe uses dramatic irony to inform the reader of things the character is unaware of in order to create a suspense. Poe uses

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    Group 1 Have you ever read the story The Cask of Amontillado? Do you know what irony is? Did you know there are three types of irony? Well if not… there are three types of irony and they are verbal irony‚ dramatic irony‚ and situational irony. If you want to know more about what the short story The Cask of Amontillado has to do with this situation continue to read. In each section there will be three examples of irony that are related to that type of irony. There will be one real life example and

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    The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe is a story centred upon an act of revenge. Poe with his characters demonstrates how an unchecked emotion of a person can lead to another’s destruction. Montresor is used by Poe to exemplify the violence of which humans are capable of doing in terms of revenge. Stepp (1976) further concludes that by so doing Poe suggests that Montresor or his nature resides within each person who reads the story [...].  The implication is clearly that any person could‚ provide

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    3-10-13 The Single effect In the story of "The cask of Amontillado" Poe does a wonderful and exceptionally good job of putting into effect his theory of "the single effect". Though the methods used in acquiring this effect be lost on most of the audience due to its subliminal and non-invasive nature‚ the signs are all there and you just need look for them and they may be found. From the very first line written in the "Cask Of Amontillado"; "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as

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    Kylie DeSchane Mrs. Kapsner English 11‚ Period 6 28 November 2016 Montresors Cunning Throughout history many men have sought revenge against the people they believed have wronged them. In Edgar Allen Poe’s short story The Cask of Amontillado‚ Montresor gets insulted once again by Fortunato and seeks revenge. Throughout the story Montresor convinces Fortunato to come down into his catacombs and taste the Amantillado he had just received. When they get down there Montresor chains Fortunato to the

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    The Cask of Amontillado Madison Boddington English Composition II February 21‚ 2017 ​I had read The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe previously‚ years before in high school. After analyzing the plot and characters in class‚ I understood the story from perspectives I had never thought of before. The main character of this story is Montresor‚ who opens the story with saying Fortunato had insulted him in an inexcusable way‚ to which he wants to seek revenge. Montresor is quoted‚ “The thousand

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    Fernanda Avalos Zintgraff ENGL 2413-102 23 February 2013 Literary Analysis of the Cask of Amontillado Wine brings out the crazy in many people and with Montressor‚ an Italian man‚ this is the case. In Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” Montressor commits a crime to defend himself from an insult Fortunato made towards him. One could argue that Montressor was simply insane but there is much more to the story when one takes a deeper look at Montressors’ motifs. It is obvious Fortunato

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    What is gothic literature about? Why is it used? Edgar Allan Poe is a gothic literature author. Some of his stories include “The Cask of Amontillado” about a man named Montresor who wants revenge on an unsuspecting Fortunado. Another one of his stories is ‘Hop-Frog” which is about a disabled dwarf enslaved by the king who is cruel to him. Hop Frog does not take kindly to this and gets revenge on the king. The last story is “The Fall of the House of Usher”. This story is about a strange family who

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