reader‚ leading to a less complete‚ or less understood story. Montresor‚ from “Cask of Amontillado”‚ is one example of a flawed narrator altering how the reader perceives the story. He claims that “The thousand injuries of Fortunato [he] had borne the best [he] could” (Poe 212). Montresor leaves out what exactly Fortunato has done. In doing this‚ he limits the reader’s perspective so that they cannot fully understand the story. Montresor is led on by
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All this can make someone get some type of resentment against the society and themselves‚ but there is a breakpoint where this person is no longer just a sociopath or have some type of resentment there is a point where this person loses its own mind sometimes for a belief that makes people think believe that that they have to do it‚ as in some extremist religious groups. Another discussion point about this
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Amontillado‚" Poe realized that the viewpoint must be from Montresor‚ considering that if he had chosen to tell his story through the victim‚ Fortunato‚ it would no doubt have lost its effective‚ memorable qualities. Without Montresor as the narrator‚ this dark tale would possess no true clarity‚ would forfeit its chilling suspense‚ and would fail to offer the reader a valid understanding of Montresor’s conniving and slightly disturbing mind. Montresor is clearly
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Most people around the world have been exposed to some type of gothic tale or ghost story. By gothic‚ one means that the author emphasizes the grotesque‚ the mysterious‚ the desolate‚ the horrible‚ the ghostly‚ and‚ ultimately‚ the abject fear that can be aroused in either the reader or in the viewer. Almost everyone is familiar with such characters as Dr. Frankenstein’s monster and Count Dracula‚ two current pop culture horror characters who evolve from the gothic traditions. Published mainly in
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Montresor and Harry Powell are both two different people in different stories but have something in common which is greed and manipulation.Montresor was a main character in the short story “The Cask Of The Amontillado” and he wanted revenge so he went in the catacombs with his friend Fortunato to kill him.While in the movie The Night Of The Hunter (1955) directed by Charles Laughton the character Harry Powell gets out of jail and married Willa Harper to find $10‚000 hidden somewhere inside there
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Brittany Bohman Ms. Green English 12 9/17/14 “The Cask of Amontillado” 1. Montresor comes off as unreasonable and a brutal killer. He starts off by presenting himself as kind of knowing his motivations and his strive for good will. Since he mentions positive characteristics‚ Fortunato indicates the care for his death. Fortunato could have done something so awful that it merits the action that Montressor takes. 2. As the story goes on‚ the setting changes profusely. The setting changes
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A Worn Path by Eudora Welty illustrates a woman making a journey through the forest where she is in tuned with nature‚ but slowly becomes confined when she arrives at the city. A Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe shows how characters go back and forth from feeling free or trapped. In both “A Worn Path” and “The Cask of Amontillado” the authors describes the emotions of the characters by using the setting‚ “A Worn Path” the setting of the story is the actual path she was taking through the forest
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Fortunato insulted Montresor so bad that he has to be avenged. Montresor feels he needs to defend his honor. He decides to lure Fortunato to his residence‚ so he can get his revenge. He goes out to a big event where there will be costumes and drinking. He takes him down a long staircase to what could be a basement. He calls the room a vault. The retribution may not be as rewarding as Montresor
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In everyday life‚ we see many examples of the flaws of humans and narrators. For example‚ CNN and Fox News are both news channels who usually have the same stories that they report on. CNN could report on the story from a more Liberal standpoint but Fox News could report on the same story but from a more Conservative standpoint. Whose story would you trust? That is the main flaw about our society and about people in general‚ is that we lie or re-write a story to fit what we believe or what we want
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1. Holmes and De Burger identify 4 types of serial killers. Which type do you consider the most dangerous to society and why? Identify a serial killer of that type and explain why he fits into that particular category. The type of serial killer I find to be the most dangerous to society is the hedonistic type‚ because I have noticed that they are in the category of killers most likely to kill slowly‚ and to drag out the pain their victims feel. John Wayne Gacy was one such serial killer‚ as a
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