dialogue‚ and it makes for an interesting and entertaining read. This whole story revolves around one Montresor‚ a man out for the blood of his “friend” Fortunato. With reasons too numerous to be named individually‚ Montresor feels he’s found justification to murder his rival Fortunato after a particularly rude insult. This is a constant‚ foreboding image brought up repeatedly by Sir Montresor. “I continued‚ as was my in to smile in his face‚ and he did not perceive that my to smile now was at the
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The missing person was reported by one of the victim’s friend‚ Mr. Montresor. We are currently specking to his wife Lady Forunato. She says she last got into a fight with her husband about carnival and not drinking in large amounts as usual. She later stated that he left angrily stating that he works for the money this house for every damn thing and if he wants to drink wine he will drink as much as he desires. She later states that she felt a great disdain for her husband at that time. I was waiting
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a writing style the immerses the reader into the story. The story starts out with the main character‚ Montresor‚ not being introduced
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personality disorder. A sociopath is someone with little to no conscience. Although‚ the cause for being a sociopath is still unknown‚ sociopaths usually have early life traumatic situations that play into their disorder. Another belief that plays into someone being a sociopath is genetic‚ it is thought that sociopathy is passed down from parents to childeen. Sociopaths are not capable of loving someone‚ having true relationships‚ or let alone even feeling any emotions whatsoever. Sociopaths are very hard
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Through literary reading and time there has always been the misconception between the two words sociopath and psychopath. As people battle from a literal standpoint to define the words sociopath and psychopath for whatever reason; both terms always seem to share a common ground of being a personality disorder. There have been many assumptions about individuals who display sociopathic or psychopathic characteristics. Whether in life or in fiction these individuals are believed to be dark and menacing
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The Unreliable Narration of Montresor: An Analysis on Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Story The Cask of Amontillado In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story‚ The Cask of Amontillado‚ a theme of gothic horror is present‚ due partly to the ironic narration of Montresor and the setting. Poe creates Montresor as one of a sociopathic nature‚ in which he jests with his victim‚ Fortunato‚ up until the moments of his death. Montresor’s narration however is unreliable in that the reader does not know whether the victim
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gloomy mood lives on in his book "The Cask of Amontillado‚" which is the story of a revenge seeking companion. Fortunato offended Montresor bad enough to make him crave revenge. Montresor’s persuasive and cunning way with words helps him lead Fortunato deep into the catacombs‚ where Montresor shackles Fortunato to the wall before sealing in him and his fate. If Montresor wasn’t so thorough in his crime or his revenge as he calls it‚ then it wouldn’t be possible that he was still innocent after fifty
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Amontillado‚” creates Montresor : a man with intentions of evil revenge. Likewise‚ the author of “The Most Dangerous Game”‚ Richard Connell writes of an evil and bloodthirsty man. Poe’s antagonist Montresor is a wine expert who has been insulted one too many times and has sworn his vengeance. Zaroff‚ Connell’s antagonist‚ is a big game hunter who got too bored with animal hunts. Rather than giving up hunting due to his boredom‚ Zaroff hunts and traps sailors instead. Montresor and Zaroff are deceptive
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made the main character‚ Montresor‚ a unreliable narrator because of how Montresor changes his feelings on Fortunato by wanting to kill him one minute but also calling him friend another minute. The story is about a man named Montresor who was humiliated by Fortunato. Since Montresor was humiliated he decided that he was going to have to get revenge on Fortunato because of what his family’s motto was. Then one day during a carnival Fortunato got very drunk and Montresor decided to make this the time
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More success‚ more triumph. Why not? There isn’t a man‚ nay a soul‚ that could best me. But it is with wine that I celebrate my glory. The more the better‚ as wine is my source of comfort. I 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
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