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    Authors use many literary elements‚ such as figurative language‚ to write out the theme of their stories. In the two short stories‚ “Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ the themes are described by literary elements. “The Cask of Amontillado” is about a man trying to get revenge by tricking another man telling him about having expensive wine. “The Most Dangerous Game” is an eccentric short story about a General who lives on an island and hunts

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    The main lesson Edgar Allen Poe was trying to illustrate‚ in “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ is that the outcome of revenge is never as sweet as it appears. The narrator‚ Montresor‚ has been wronged by Fortunato and Montresor plans to make Fortunato pay for his actions one hundred percent. Montresor thinks that killing Fortunato will resolve his feelings and he will feel empowered and triumphant afterwards. He wants revenge but does not want Fortunato to have any effect on his feelings: “I must not

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    Camille Eastburn Professor Small Humanity and Nature in Literature 16 September 2014 The Instincts of Man An Analysis of “The Blue Hotel” Man has always thought of himself as a civilized and societal creature‚ that upholds wisdom‚ rationality‚ and virtuosity‚ and nothing like beastly nature. He has continuously thought of himself as not giving in to beastly “sins” and as advertising control over nature‚ and/or himself. In Steven Crane’s 1898 short story “The Blue Hotel”‚ man’s instinctual

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    "First day of school!!‚" I shouted with nervous excitement as I jumped out the car to attend my first day at an American school. My anxiety was building high – everyone said this would change my life. They say this is good for me; that my life will be better by starting school in America at such a young age. But all I felt was separation‚ and hunger – as I sat on the "redpainted benches in the fall chill of noon" and last night ’s caldereta hiding beneath me‚ securing away any small differences

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    Taylor Waldrip 9/30/13 Analysis of The Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Anne Porter Theme: The Jiliting of Granny Weatherall is a story of a woman who has truly weathered all. It is a journey‚ based on denial and confusion‚ of a once bride-to-be‚ abandoned at the altar and forced into a life she forced herself to believe was happy. She refuses to accept the truth about her life and its hardships‚ always counting on tomorrow to give her the time she needs to handle such affairs. Devices:

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    April 9‚ 2013 English 110 Critical Analysis Sense of Community versus Animal Instinct in Jackson’s “The Lottery” “The Lottery” is a short story that illustrates how society uses a sense of morality to justify its most base animal instinct‚ survival. In this story Jackson uses a small‚ seemingly civil community to show that‚ when portrayed as an ideal representative of the greater good‚ a crime like murder can be justified and even encouraged. Additionally‚ this story asks us to question how

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    inside the readers head. We see these tools used in contrasting ways in “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. The distinctive techniques used in these short stories leave you feeling uneasy once you finish them. Using different methods‚ both authors create a story of horror for their readers. The tones of these stories vary quite a bit. The first sentence of “The Cask of Amontillado” reads “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could‚ but

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    The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe . Fortunato and Montresor: Examples of Human Morality Essence Many have been the efforts of scholars and thinkers to recognize and understand what the essence of human morality is. Some philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes believes that human beings are intrinsically evil; nonetheless‚ others philosophers such as Augustine of Hippo state that human nature is in a certain way divine since it is a reflection of God’s creation for excellence. Nowadays‚ almost

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    Fortunato from the story “The Cast of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ and I were been lied to and was intentionally mislead. A few year ago‚ my older cousin mislead me into believing that he was not human‚ but an alien. My cousin would tell me stories about how he came to earth and also he would demonstrate his gibberish language to me. I just sat there believing every word that goes through my mind. Then he would tell me to open my eyes and shut them‚ each time I did‚ he would seem to be teleporting

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    A CHANGE OF HEART The Walk written by Joy T. Dayrit has an unpredictable ending. Unpredictable because it started off weak yet ended strong. We could see the distinction of the characters all throughout the selection—namely Alma‚ Ted and the unano. Alma in the story started frail. “Twenty years of tears splashed into her morning cup of coffee. She did not understand the phenomenon‚ but only cried like a child‚ like a fool.” She showed her love towards his husband‚ Ted. “Alma reset the breakfast

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