Thomas Gray Biography : Thomas Gray was born in Cornhill‚ London‚ the son of an exchange broker and a milliner. He was the fifth of 12 children and the only child of Philip and Dorothy Gray to survive infancy. He lived with his mother after she left his abusive father. He was educated at Eton College where his uncle was one of the masters. He recalled his schooldays as a time of great happiness‚ as is evident in his Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College. Gray was
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Cask of Amontillado Sometimes‚ it is not the people that change‚ but the mask that falls off. Montresor seeks revenge against Fortunato. Montresor has committed a thousand injuries against Fortunato‚ but no further details are given. Even though Montresor thinks Fortunato and him are good friends‚ Fortunato is just hiding behind a mask. He has no clue of the deadly plans that Fortunato is planning. Montresor knows that his enemy’s fatal weakness is that he drinks to much‚ and uses this to cause his
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drinking a glass of water which his pallor indicated he needed greatly‚ while the count was already changing into the costume of a court jester.” Similarly‚ in the Cask of Amontillado Fortunato dresses as a jester while going to the carnival and Montresor takes him to the catacombs and ends up burying him alive. On the other hand‚ Dumas uses the outfit on the Count of Monte Cristo as an ironic way of saying that the Count is deceiving the other characters in the book through his multiple identities
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Psychopath‚ sociopath‚ psycho‚ and crazy are terms used by the public for years. They are commonly used interchangeably with little understanding of what they mean. Psychopaths and sociopaths (also known as antisocial personality disorder) are different from what people usually think they are. Usually on television and movies they plan the role of the crazy killer or the lone man in the woods that kidnaps and tortures people. In reality‚ many people can be classified as a psychopath and still
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The story “The Cask of Amontillado” By Edgar Allen Poe has a character that gets misled just like how I was misled about the wonders of the tooth fairy from my parents. My parents said that the tooth fairy was real like how Fortunato in “The Cask of Amontillado” By Edgar Allen Poe was tricked into thinking that the special wine was in the catacombs. The act of misleading someone can make lots of negative types of feelings for somebody. When I was around six years old‚ I was misled by my parents
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vowed revenge” . By promising revenge‚ it shows darkness inside of Montresor. Poe also uses characterization to create an ominous mood. When Fortunado decides to mask his fear by saying “Ha ha ha-he he he-a very good joke indeed-an excellent jest. We will have many a rich laugh at the palazzo‚ the lady Fortunado and the rest? Let us be gone” . By saying this‚ he shows that he feels the need to impress and hide his fear. When Montresor tells Fortunado to‚ “...let me implore you to return. No? Then I
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LA9 FINAL EXAM REVIEW Literary Terms Antagonist: A character‚ group of characters‚ or institution that represents the opposition against which the protagonist or protagonists desires or must contend. The antagonist is usually a person or group of people who oppose the main character(s). Internal Conflict: Conflict that takes place not with another character or object‚ but inside the mind of one of the characters in the story. Unreliable Narrator: A narrator in literature‚ film‚ or theatre
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Fortunato who insulted him. He gets it by killing Fortunato in a very uncommon way during Carnival. Since he was able to successfully kill Fortunato and not get caught in Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” this proves his sanity. The narrator Montresor is sane because he was able to plan out the murder‚ and have everything premeditated. When he takes Fortunato to his catacombs he makes sure he keeps drinking by making up excuses‚ he says‚"True--true‚" I replied; "and‚ indeed‚ I had no intention
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revenge and deception. In the “Cask of Amontillado‚” Montresor is humiliated by Fortunato’s insult that he supposedly caused him and is determined to carry out revenge for it. He deceives Fortunato by luring him to the catacombs which wasn’t too hard to do because “He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine” and “…for he had been drinking much.” Poe used the symbol of the carnival and masquerade to symbolize the deception of Montresor‚ “It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had
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cry of Fortunato I began to grow irritated. “Montresor‚” said Fortunato. “What!!” I yelled. “Please‚” cried Fortunato‚ “Please don’t do this I am sorry I ever wronged you.” I began to become angry at these words. He is not sorry! Why would he apologize? As I kept thinking I kept hearing Fortunato cry. “Stop‚” I screamed “Stop this madness!” Fortunato then stopped‚ he sat there staring at me‚ with a blank face‚ surprised by my outburst. “I am sorry Montresor‚” he remarked “I just wish to be out of here
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