“The Cask of Amontillado” and “Annabel Lee” were written by Edgar Allan Poe. “Annabel Lee” is a poem about love that turned into an obsession. The speaker was never able to get over Annabel Lee and continued to sleep in her grave. On the other hand‚ “The Cask of Amontillado” is a short story about revenge and how it’s pursued. Montresor takes vengeance to the extremes when he basically kills his offender by locking in a niche in his catacombs.Edgar Allan Poe uses imagery and amorous word choice to
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In Edgar Allen Poe’s‚ “The Cask of Amontillado‚” Montresor‚ a man who immolates Fortunato due to the fact that Fortunato had thrown insult upon insult after him‚ deserves to be punished in a way that he will learn from. Assassinating Montresor will not instruct him on why what he did was wrong. If Montresor were to be executed what would come out of it? Would anyone receive joy from the fact that he is six feet under? No‚ Montresor’s death would only cause more pain and grievance. Although capital
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indeed celebrate with my trusted friend Montresor‚ who had accompanied me during the carnival season. Dusk lay across the land‚ and while the people cheered and laughed‚ I was mesmerized my what my friend had to tell me. “A pipe” I stumbled a bit by the news‚ unsure if I’d even heard it right. “Impossible! And in the middle of the carnival!" He looked at me but I scarce recognized the details of his face‚ for wine and intoxication has taken hold. “Amontillado” I repeated. “I have my doubts‚ and I
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Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”. Montresor has been insulted my Fortunato. Montresor tricks Fortunato into following him into the catacombs. Once they are down there montresor chains Fortunato to a wall of granite and buries him alive. Montresor accomplishes murder because he is a good planner‚ heartless‚ and a good talker. Due to the fact that Montresor is a good planner he is able to make all the preparations needed so he can murder Fortunato. Before planning to kill Fortunato‚ Montresor makes sure
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Montresor was a very evil character that was full of many other characteristics. In the story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe I found three specific characteristics for Montresor that completely caught my eye‚ was his determination to get revenge‚ his cleverness in doing so‚ and last he was completely heartless. Each of these completely describe Montresor to a core. Montresor was completely determined to get revenge on Fortunato. Montresor went down into the catacombs and placed everything
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of others. In Edgar Allen Poe’s "The Cask of Amontillado" Montresor tells the reader about the injuries that were set out by Fortunato. The story begins when Montresor and Fortunato were at a party. With their costumes on Montresor lures Fortunato into the catacombs. With all of the cluelessness that Fortunato has‚ Montresor begins to chain Fortunato to a wall while he moans and groans then buries him alive. Fortunato makes himself an easy target to Montresor by getting drunk. Due to the fact the
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Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe the father of the detective genre wrote a multitude of stories with ironic twists and turns the three I have chosen to write about are The Cask of Amontilado‚The Tell Tale Heart‚ and The Masque of The Red Death. Each of these has specific points of irony and other more subtle parts. The Cask of Amontilado is of course about a man who murders another by convincing him he has a rare wine and convincing his victim that they are good friends and he should trust him only
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In the stories “The Black Cat”‚ “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ and “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe each have different types of conflicts and causes of conflict. In the story “The Black Cat” the conflict is man vs self. In the story “The Cask of Amontillado” the conflict is man vs man. In the story “The Tell-Tale Heart” the conflict is man vs self. Each of these stories contains murder and betrayal. The cause of the conflict in the story “The Black Cat” is lack of respect of morals. The
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In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor. Both of these characters in the short stories share similar characteristics - Montresor and The Misfit. Montresor and The Misfit are considered ruthless and cold blooded murderers. They also think killing is necessary. Even though Montresor and The Misfit live in different era and lifestyle‚ the authors use vivid characters and compelling storyline to exhibit their motivation and the behavior of
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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” The protagonist of “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Montresor‚ appears to be friendly and trustworthy although he actually manipulates Fortunato in an extremely clever way in order to take revenge on him.Thus‚ Montresor’s technique consists in hiding his real intentions using the ambiguous and manipulative power of rhetoric‚ by telling one thing while meaning the opposite‚ with the purpose of obtaining his desired revenge. Montresor knows to what extent language
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