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    Character Correspondence Characters of many different persona’s can have a numerous amount of the same feelings that motivate them. The main character in “The Cask of Amontillado‚” Montresor‚ by Edgar Allen Poe and the main character in “The Necklace‚” Mathilde‚ by Guy de Maupassant are good representatives for this. Montresor and Mathilde have some of the same catalysts that cause their actions‚ megalomania‚ resentment and revenge. Montresor’s lust for power is indicative of his megalomania

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    In the Cask of Amontillado‚ many readers interpret the climax of the story in two different ways. The first way is how most readers would interpret it. It is when Montressor reveals that they are in his family’s vault and is going to close Fortunato up in the wall as his revenge for the insults that he has made against him. The second way is the whole ending of the story‚ where we learn that Montressor has gotten away with the murder and will eventually go to heaven. Plot is a literary term used

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    Rocio Cruz Professor Fred Kille English 102 February 3‚ 2013 The Cask of Amontillado Essay “A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself as such to him who has done the wrong” Some people are driven to do wrong by enviousness and Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” is one good example of such. The story tells the event of the murder of Fortunato in the hands of Montresor‚ the narrator

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    The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe I was at the carnival when i met up with my friend Montresor. I was actually quite drunk at the time whenever I got some exciting news that made me euphoric. He had bought a pipe of amontillado. Amontillado is a vintage wine and is very rare. A few years back I had last tasted the very valuable wine. I told him to take me to the wine. Montresor thought that us walking to the catacombs would be terrible for my health. There was nitre‚ moss‚ and

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    Tradition in “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe was destined to a life of darkness and insanity. As the son of traveling performers‚ Poe was abandoned to the horrors of the world at a young age. Poe is generally regarded as the father of American Gothic Literature‚ an example to such authors as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville. The stories that Poe inscribed are prevalent in modern times‚ creating genres such as horror films and science fiction movies. "The Cask of Amontillado" is one of

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    mind such as plot‚ point of view‚ characterization‚ symbolism‚ etc... “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Lottery” are two very melancholy stories each in their own way. Edgar Allen Poe and Shirley Jackson both use excellent techniques to create the peculiar atmosphere and mood of their stories. Edgar Allen Poe is known for using many different artistic elements to create eerie‚ spooky stories. In “The Cask of Amontillado‚” Poe uses first person point of view to let the reader know how proud the

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    the story. His most famous story “The Cask of Amontillado” makes readers feel a macabre atmosphere because of the ironies he uses. One example of irony that Poe includes in his story is the word “cask” that means “wine barrel‚” but casket‚ also comes from the same word. Before readers get a chance to read the story‚ they will understand this double meaning. They will realize that death is imminent. Thus‚ Fortunato believes he will ultimately reach a cask of wine‚ he actually meets his casket.

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    The Graphic Adaptation of The Cask of Amontillado Illustrated by Joe Sacco Overview and Thesis: Joe Sacco‚ born October 2‚ 1960‚ is an American journalist and illustrator who is well known for his art-comics‚ most notably being Palestine: Refugeeland. Refugeeland recounts Sacco’s experience in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip‚ highlighting the difficult and unpleasant conditions that the Palestinian people were facing regarding the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the Gulf War in the early

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    Out of each of Edgar A. Poe’s brilliant works‚ The Cask of Amontillado proves to be the best example of a piece of Gothic literature‚ with accurate character‚ setting‚ conflict‚ and imagery. First‚ looking into the character of Fortunato‚ the text reads‚ “The earliest indication I had of this was a low moaning cry from the depth of the recess. It was not the cry of a drunken man.” (Page 5). The fact that Fortunato did not sound as drunk as he had been previously greatly emphasizes the end of his

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    harmful actions can feel quite rewarding at times. In “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allen Poe‚ Poe creates a grim and morbid mood to accompany his theme of revenge. First of all‚ Poe constructs his suspenseful and frightening mood through his use of imagery. His description of the catacombs intrigues his readers. For example‚ the writer said that the chamber had “damp ground” (Poe 347) and “long walls of piled skeletons‚ with casks and puncheons intermingling” (Poe 348). It gives the readers

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