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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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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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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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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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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in front of a camera someone can definitely portray themselves as noble but could behave entirely different in a Board room. An article written in the online magazine Big Think titled‚ “Leaders Are More Likely To Be Sociopaths” states 2% to 4% of the population are such Sociopaths and they get into the leadership positions maybe 8% or 10% of the time. It’s something to consider. Since we do not have proof that going undercover is more than surface affective I do not believe we should have our tax
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with a brief description of the actual story and her perspective of Montresor and Fortunato. Baraban continues by adding conclusions of commentators and her opinion on those conclusions. Baraban moves onto her next explanation and break down of the "Author" of "The Cask of Allontiado" style of writing. Baraban explains how each of the "Authors" writing provide all the information the "reader" needs to solve the mystery of why Montresor murdered Fortunato. The time period gets broken down by the details
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Is Empathy Innate or Learned? Empathy is innate to humans when they are born. This is relevant because only sociopaths are unable to feel emotion for another living creatures. Sociopaths are chemically imbalanced individuals‚ and have and rare excusable lack of morals. Being that empathy consists of the ability to intellectually identify ones feelings‚ thoughts‚ and attitudes based on their perspective and personal experiences it is only true that it is a given trait as a new born baby. People
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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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