horrific and sadistic stories of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” and Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game‚” the authors use literary elements to illistrate nefarious murderers . No matter the motives of these murders‚ demented people always commit them. In “The Cask of Amontillado‚” the guile Montresor seeks vengeance on Fortunato‚ an imprudent man who has an addiction to alcohol by using Fortunato’s desire of Amontillado against him to lure him to his death. In Connell’s amazing
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finding work as a magazine editor‚ he worked to publish most of his work in order to support his 13 year old wife (and cousin)‚ who had tuberculosis. Two years after her passing he died at the age of forty. 1. In the story‚ “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Montresor justifies the cruel murder of Fortunato by stating the “thousand injuries” and an “insult” against him. Based off of the text I believe these to actually not be intentional harm by Fortunato. In fact‚ I believe them to be based off impunity
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Allan Poe‚ most known for his mysterious and dark short stories‚ including poems. In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado‚” the reader can see how far a man can go by wanting revenge. Montresor‚ the main character seeks revenge over Fortunato for his unsatisfactory deeds. As Poe uses first person narrative point of view we can see how he gives a suspenseful tone to the story and an unreliable narrator with a depraved plan. Towards the middle of the short story the reader can already conclude that
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The Cask of Amontillado is a short story that was written by Allan Poe. It was first published in 1846 November. The short story is about a man who plots to carry out some revenge to another friend who is considered to be his friend. The story has two main characters‚ Montressor‚ the protagonist and the Fortunato who is an antagonist. According to the story‚ Montresor has been insulted by Fortunato and he decides that he had to carry out some revenge as a way of punishing him. He‚ therefore‚ makes
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symbolism‚ etc... “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Lottery” are two very melancholy stories each in their own way. Edgar Allen Poe and Shirley Jackson both use excellent techniques to create the peculiar atmosphere and mood of their stories. Edgar Allen Poe is known for using many different artistic elements to create eerie‚ spooky stories. In “The Cask of Amontillado‚” Poe uses first person point of view to let the reader know how proud the narrator‚ Montresor‚ is with his past impunitistic
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The continuation of the "The Cask of Amontillado" is about what happened to Montresor after he exacted his revenge. The constant poking fun that Fortunato did to Montresor only fueled his hatred for the man. And by doing so he was digging his own grave. My continuation of this story is about how Montresor went about living while Fortunato was slowly dying within the catacombs. Within the dark moist underground maze was Fortunato‚ chained to the damp stone behind him. The decaying bodies and skeletons
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Upon reading "The Cask of Amontillado‚" I noticed a few things that could be symbols‚ the Cask (obvious one)‚ Furtunato’s name and even the alcohol. Cask: It is a symbol of death‚ it holds the bodies of the dead and lets them rest. In this case‚ it was the lure for Furtunato‚ brought him to his own death in the end. He wasn’t placed in the cask but it did cause him to accidentally die. Fortunato: The name means fortunate but the exact opposite happens to the character. It may not be a symbol
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H. P. Lovecraft once said‚ “From even the greatest of horrors‚ irony is seldom absent.” In fact‚ irony is used very often in horror stories. One story that this is particularly overt in is Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”. In “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Poe utilizes irony to create dark humor by writing Montressor’s intentions to kill Fortunado at the beginning of the story‚ and then making light of the whole situation. The first case of irony is that Fortunado was dressed as a fool.
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Allan Poe ’s "A Cask of Amontillado" is the nature of Montresor ’s motive for the revenge he "vowed" to obtain when Fortunato "ventured upon insult" (209). Montresor believes a wrong is "unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong" (209). While Montresor endeavors to make his vengeance known to Fortunato‚ the author ’s references to Masonry in his use of characterization‚ setting and irony indicate Montresor ’s motive.
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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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