Poe paper Edgar Allan Poe stories‚ “The Fall of the House of Usher” “The Masque of The Red Death” “the Cask of Amontillado” and the pome “Alone” all have similarities such as death‚ fear and very dark setting. The reason Poe’s stories are similar is because he writes about his own life. Some of his stories are based off his own fears‚ and some of his stories are about is fears after his wife dies. The setting in all of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories are similar because there all dark and gloomy. In
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"The Cask of Amontillado" is a story of revenge‚ Montresor is an unreliable narrator; that whatever insult Montresor believes Fortunato committed is probably imagined. Fortunato has no idea of Montresor’s anger and this makes the story even more tragic. In the beginning of the story‚ Montresor says he must "punish with impunity." He states if the avenger is caught‚ or does not make the punishment known to he who committed the wrong‚ the wrong goes UN avenged. he sets the trap for Fortunato. But
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end the life of another with no penalty of law. Psychopaths work to change how society thinks as a norm‚ such as a psychopath in “Cask of Amontillado‚” “The Lottery‚” and “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” “Cask of Amontillado” shows how a calm person can hide envy and hate. Montresor works with Fortunato to reach the pipe that he has obtained with Amontillado. Fortunato has a
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something much darker and sinister. In no place can we find more of this type of monster than in fiction. “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe is the perfect example of a monstrous character masked as a human being. Poe creates his Monster‚ Montresor‚ by portraying him as a cold and calculated murderer with an intelligence that makes him both devious and terrifying. In this story Montresor has planned the murder of his friend or victim Fortunado quite brilliantly. He has every minute detail planned
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Imagery in “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe is best known for ominous short stories. In “The Cask of Amontillado” ‚ Poe uses imagery to enhance the mood‚ setting and characters of the story. Poe uses imagery to create a horrific and dark mood. For example‚ Poe writes‚ “ We had passed through walls of piled bones with casks and puncheons intermingling into the inmost recesses of the catacombs”. By using words such as “bones” and “catacombs” Poe incites thoughts of horror and death
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explicit the narrator must get revenge. Montresor‚ wearing a black silk mask‚ meets Fortunato‚ who is dressed up in jester clothes for a carnival celebration. Once‚ he sees Fortunato‚ who is already drunk‚ Montresor mentions that he bought a pipe of amontillado (a brandy)‚ knowing that his friend considered himself an expert on wines and will be tent to go and verify the wine’s
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interested in psyche of madmen. Many writers also share that interest and one of them is Edgar Allan Poe‚ who‚ in his “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ presents a character‚ whose insanity leads to a murder. His name is Montresor. Vowing revenge‚ because of some insult‚ which one of his acquaintances‚ Fortunato‚ ventured upon‚ he tells him‚ that he has bought a cask of what passes to be Amontillado‚ but‚ not being sure‚ whether it is really it‚ he wants his advice. He leads drunken Fortunato‚ who does not suspect
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wanting revenge. In “The Cask of Amontillado‚” and “The Poison Tree‚” both narrators are angry at the other character and both want revenge. Both enemies end up dead at the end because the narrators follow through with their plan to get back at them. Poe and Blake use both dramatic and verbal irony to portray a very interesting theme of revenge. In “The Cask of Amontillado‚” and “The Poison Tree‚” Poe and Blake use verbal and dramatic irony. In the short story‚ Montresor drinks to Fortunato’s “long
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keep the readers wondering what will happen next. Irony occurs when the reader predicts that the plot or character in the story has an intention or attitude opposite to that which was actually stated. Irony is also a form of sarcasm. In “The Cask of Amontillado‚” Edgar Allan Poe uses every possible type of irony to create a chilling tale of a man being chained and left to die in a catacomb. In “The Necklace‚” Guy de Maupassant also uses different types of irony to create an unfortunate tale about Madame
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Alcoholism in the Tales of Edgar Allan Poe." Baltimore: The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore‚ 1978. Giordano‚ Robert. A short biography of Edgar Allan Poe. June 27‚ 2005. http://poestories.com/biography.php (accessed April 26‚ 2012). —. The Cask of Amontillado . 1846. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/POE/cask.html.
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