walkers‚ but instead go against each other resulting in a death of one of their own. This is when the characters encounter someone who is either a psychopath or a sociopath. The book talks about this in the section “It’s the Humans you have to Worry About: Becoming a Sociopath.” A sociopath is similar to a psychopath‚ but a sociopath develops the traits of a psychopath after certain circumstances. An example of this is the governor who is accountable for many deaths including
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was my wont‚ to smile in his face‚ and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.”(212). This statement that the narrator uses seems to mean that Montresor is happy to see his friend‚ but it is clearly seen as a sign of his upcoming revenge plot. The way the reader feels toward Montresor definitely changes‚ because he acted as he is the good person‚ when in reality he is the bad person. As a reader‚ this
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As I heard Montresor calling my name I stayed silent in the pitch black darkness of this trap.Still yearning for the Amontillado that I was deprived and tricked into thinking was in this cellar I waited until I thought he was far long gone into the chambers I started to look around as my eyes started to adjust to the darkness of the cellar in which I was fettered.I saw a key it was far out of my reach but if I stretched as far as I could I would be able to reach it.Since Montresor only put the
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in this story. He is telling this story some years later in life. He is actually narrating this and confesses this tale. Poe‚ Montresor‚ has been has been insulted by his friend and feels that he needs to get revenge. This friend‚ Fortunato‚ who claims to know his wines‚ claims he knows the difference between two certain wines. He insists to go down into Montresor vaults and taste these wines. He will not let his competitors get the best of him. The deception has been laid. The narrator keeps
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and beneath the charming face is a cold hearted individual utterly devoid of human kindness and emotional depth. The handsome and charming sociopaths‚ In most cases‚ sociopaths walk amongst us like the invisible man and it is only the small minority who give in to their twisted urges and commit barbaric acts of murder for their own amusement. Yet because sociopaths are so skilled at blending in‚ there are probably a great many
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Inconsiderate‚ duplicitous‚ and mysterious are only a few words to describe the antagonists in Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones and William Shakespeare’s Othello. Both Mr. Harvey and Iago demonstrate key characteristics of a sociopath. The main attribute of a sociopath is that he or she can commit a heinous crime‚ such as murder‚ and not feel the slightest bit of remorse. This is precisely what these two villains did. Mr. Harvey‚ using his persuasion and charm‚ lured Susie into his subversive
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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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