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    is broken? Montresor is about to give an answer to Fortunato later on in the story. The title of "The Cask of Amontillado" is also a verbal irony. Amontillado is a rare wine that Montressor used to lure in Fortunato since he wants to desperately taste it. Due to Fortunato ’s pride and curiosity‚ he ends up being buried alive where his body will be stored. The cask is where Fortunatos body is buried and the word cask could mean similar to the word ’casket ’. Montresor explains "The

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    Montresor seems to be vindictive and conniving regardless of the wrong that was committed on Fortunato’s part. He clearly enjoys the scheme he has concocted to get back at Fortunato‚ it almost seems like Montresor is getting pleasure from the heinous punishment he has inflicted on Fortunato. For example‚ Montresor says‚ “I continued as was my wont‚ to smile in his face‚ and he did not perceive that my smile

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    he is killed by Montresor. “No answer still. I thrust a torch through the remaining aperture and let it fall within. There came forth in reply only a jingling of the bells. My heart grew sick—on account of the dampness of the catacombs. I hastened to make an end of my labor. I forced the last

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    narrator‚ Montresor‚ speaks many times in the story about how he has been wronged in the past by Fortunato. The narrator never indicates as to what the evil deed was for which Montresor is seeking retaliation. We know that the story takes place at station five on the epic map‚ the work. Montresor appears to be striving to get out of the pit. He feels as if his friend‚ Fortunato‚ has put him in the pit because of an unspecified insult that occurred many years ago. To emerge from the pit Montresor feels

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    This concept sets the mood for true evil. The plot of the story is simple. Montresor takes revenge on his friend Fortunato by luring him into the wine cellar under the family estate. There he leads Fortunato into the depths of the catacombs where he buries him alive by walling him into a recess in the wall. This story is told in first person‚ from the point of view of Montresor. The exposition of the story occurs when Montresor tells us that he wants to take revenge on Fortunato because "he ventured

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    Montresor placed Fortunato in a small place where he chained him and started to build a wall of bricks around him. His revenge towards Fortunato had affected his emotions‚ he was blinded by his desire of taking his revenge from Fortunato. "I had fettered him

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    bitter. In The Cask of Amontillado written by Edgar Allan Poe‚ Montresor the Protaganist expresses tones of deception‚ irony‚ and jealousy towards Fortunato the antagonist. These feelings have consumed Montresor who has decide the ultimate revenge. A one time friend has become a foe unbeknown to the antagonist. What might be visualized on the outside can be totally opposite from what a person is actually feeling on the inside. Montresor wanted to teach Fortunato the ultimate lesson ever since he

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    very similar. One topic which will use to makes the story and poem seem similar is how the foes angred the narrator and Montresor into wanting revenge. The second topic which will be used is how the narrator and Montresor plan on getting revenge started to take place in both the story and the poem. The final which will be used is how the narrator in "The Poison Tree" and Montresor in "The Cask of Amontillado" foes were killed. The way the topics will be used will show how the poem by William Blake

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    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 himself choose‚ jury‚ and executioner on this story. Which additionally makes him a tricky storyteller. Montresor admits this tale fifty years after its occasion. the sort of crucial segment of time among the events and the portrayal of the activities makes the account

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    complete opposite environments‚ Poe creates an uneasy atmosphere. As Fortunato follows Montresor into the depths of the catacombs‚ he does not take it upon himself to notice the “walls of piled bones‚ with casks and puncheons intermingling…” Because Fortunato allows for more wine to enter his system‚ he becomes more unaware of death surrounding him. While they adventure down deeper into the catacombs‚ Montresor leads Fortunato into smaller and fouler spaces‚ passing through “walls [that have] been

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