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    Fortunato. In November of 1846‚ Edgar Allan Poe created a story titled The Cask of Amontillado. To put it plainly‚ this story is about a man who wants to get exact retribution on another person on account of Fortunato disrespecting Amantillado. The most unmistakable topic going through this story is the topic of revenge. The story highlights murder as an approach to abstain from utilising legitimate channels for reprisal. Montresor makes use of his subjective experience of Fortunato’s troubles to name

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    Garrett Culbert Oct 22 2014 Block: B7 Montresor vs. Zaroff There is a lot of simalaritys and difference between the two characters‚ M0ntresor in the cask of allmontiallo and General Zaroff in the most dangerous game. Montresor had his murder all planned out includeing every small detail. General Zaroff had never even planned on killing Rainsford because rainsford appeared out of nowhere to him and Zaroff wanted to hunt with Rainsford not hunt him. The reason Zaroff wanted to hunt Rainsford was

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    The Mood of “The Clask of Amontillado” by Sabrina Marconi period-7 2/12/11 In “The Clask of Amontillado” Poe uses diction ‚ details ‚ and imagery which ultimately creates a frightening‚ severe ‚ and intense mood of the overall story. “Unsheathing ‚y rapier ‚ I began to grope with it about the recess; but the thought of an instant reassured me.” In this quote you seem to realize how mentally unstable Montresor truly is ‚ we know this because he is reassured by the stonewalls being thick

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    she slept with men for money. Mu was to be punished for the sins she had committed by the Red Guards. Her husband‚ Meng Su is a static character in this story. He loved his wife so much‚ that he over looked her moral flaws and tried to protect her from the punishment that was to occur. However‚ in the end he realizes he is not good enough for her and the worse possible event occurs. He takes his own life. Mu was known as an “Old Whore” (Jin 146) who lived on Eternal Way. She was hated by everyone

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    with worn out padding‚ brown from coffee stains‚ chained to wall behind them at the legs‚ so they couldnt used to thrown. On the opposite side of the room sat 2 men‚ both looking down to avoid eye contact‚ sitting in the worn out‚ brown‚ padded-less chairs‚ with an acrid smell swarming in the air Security Guard: Montresor‚ do we have a Montresor? Montresor: We have a Montresor‚ but do we have an angry security guard? As the security guard looked up at the puny Montresor‚ he took him by the back and

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    world‚ there are two types of crazy people: there are the persistent kinds‚ where they show their insanity as much as possible whether they know it or not. Then there are the kinds like Montresor‚ where you can never tell until they have finally snapped. Edgar Allan Poe uses Montresor’s kind and symbolism in “The Cask of Amontiado” to show situational irony. The beginning of the story starts with a paragraph on Montresor’s vividly detailed hatred for Fortrunado and how he’s achieved in alluding Montresor’s

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    Eduardo Urdaneta Montresor and Fortunato are best friends who also work together. Montresor has been traveling a lot lately due to his recent promotion in his position. He has just received a notice from his boss that he must go attend several conferences in Spain for a month. Upon receiving the undesirable news‚ Montresor’s wife‚ Chardonnay gets very upset but eventually acknowledges that traveling this much is essential to the new position that he holds now. Montresor knows that these four

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    The Cask Of Amontillado The story was written by Edgar Allan Poe and took place during carnival season in Italy in 1846. In the story the author used the first person narration style and this keeps the originality of the story. The reader get to know exactly what the protagonist was thinking because he was telling the story. So the effect is that he let the audience feel the main character which was Montressor. And this gives a better understanding of the story. We see that Montressor revenged

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    Gualtieri 1 The story tells the murder that is committed by a man named Montresor‚ who wanted revenge on Fortunato‚ a man who had insulted him several times and would not withstand another insult anymore. The narrator begins by telling us that Fortunato has hurt him; even worse‚ Fortunato has insulted him. The narrator must get revenge. The narrator mentions he’s found a barrel of a rare brandy called Amontillado‚ and in a very suspicious and intelligent attracts his victim‚ taking it more

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    In the short story The Cast of Amontillado‚ Edgar Allan Poe shares a story about insults and revenge in action. Montresor is the protagonist who holds a grudge against the antagonist‚ Fortunato. The first sentence sets the stage for the murder of Fortunato. “The thousands injuries of Fortunate I had borne as I best could‚ but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge” (Poe‚ p. 108). It does not say what the “injuries” Montresor is referring to are‚ but in his book they were enough to murder Fortunato

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