"The Cask of Amontillado‚" written by Edgar Allan Poe‚ is a short story about revenge. The story starts with a man named Montresor vowing retribution on Fortunato because he insulted his family. After acquiring Fortunato‚ Montresor brings him down into his family’s vaults to go try some Amontillado. Then he traps Fortunato in the crypt to kill him. In this short story‚ Poe uses dramatic irony to inform the reader of things the character is unaware of in order to create a suspense. Poe uses
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don’t really know if Fortunato has really insulted Montresor‚ the narrator‚ or if Montresor is just an unreasonable‚ cold-blooded murderer. In contrast‚
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In the short story‚ “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ a horror genre is about a malevolent man named Montresor and his friend Fortunato. In the story the readers are made sure to know to never mess with the Montresor family or else it will end badly for the person maligning them. “The Cask of Amontillado” had a mysterious atmosphere which was a fine work of irony by Poe. Poe is a very well-known author in the literature world. Being known for his unique style of writing especially his
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foolishness in listening to Montresor‚ and ignoring the growing danger Montresor was leading him into. The symbolism also reveals how Montresor fools Fortunato into venturing deep in the catacombs by getting him drunk. In addition‚ Montresor uses Fortunato’s
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think that "The Cask Of Amontillado" is believable because it seems like Montresor is fed up with Fortunato. Poe also leads us to believe that Fortunato is foolish enough to follow Montresor into the dark catacombs to get to the amontillado that he is an expert on. The story is a dark tale of a presumably insane man who suffers from‚ according to him‚ "the thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could"(75). Montresor has never told us exactly what Fortunato had done to him to make him so
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gothic fiction is being told in first person point of view by Montresor‚ however‚ his name not revealed until the end of the story. The setting is in Italy during the carnival season. Montresor begins the story by discussing that Fortunato insulted him multiple times and that he seeks revenge on him. He decides to revenge him by using Fortunato’s weakness for good wine to lure him to his death. While in the midst of the carnival season‚ Montresor approaches‚ a drunken Fortunato in a jester costume with
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someone. And although it is wrong to to terrible things to other people‚ we still feel satisfactory from getting even. There are multiple ways to get revenge on someone; some people get straight to the point and go in for the kill‚ like what Montresor did in The Cask of Amontillado. These persons are generally obsessed with revenge‚ or incredibly insulted by what was done to them. However‚ in any situation‚ it would be more beneficial to let the anger go‚ instead of plotting a huge revenge plan
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must be questioned. Montresor‚ the narrator of “The Cask of Amontillado‚” feels justified in murdering Fortunato‚ and does not recognize the irrationality of his actions. Similarly‚ the narrators of “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Black Cat” begin their tales by insisting upon their own sanity before recounting events which are anything but sane. Each of these narrators‚ for one reason or
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the part where Montresor is relating to the incidents from 50 years ago when he got his revenge against Fortunato. The rising action occurs whenever Montresor lures Fortunato away from the carnival and tricks him to go into the catacombs. The climax occurs whenever Montresor mentions Luchesi‚ and Fortunato calls him an ignoramus. Then‚ Montresor chains Fortunato up in the darkest depths of the catacombs. The falling action occurs whenever Montresor is blocking Fortunato
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horror genre and The Cask of Amontillado was no exception. This was the story of what may have been a perfect crime. Narrating events that took place fifty years before‚ Montresor‚ a wealthy Frenchman‚ began the tale by explaining that Fortunato‚ a fellow wine connoisseur‚ after a series of unknown events insulted him. Although Montresor never states what this insult was‚ he was angry enough about it to premeditate Fortunato’s murder. Montresor’s true goal lay not only in revenge‚ but also in escaping
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