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    of death as in “The Fall of the House of Usher” or a twisted murderer as in “The Cask of Amontillado” are used by Poe to discuss the themes of death and murder within these stories and‚ depending on their point of view‚ give a different take on such a despicable act such as murder. In order to fully understand Poe’s use of the narrator the two previously mentioned stories must be summarized. “The Cask of Amontillado” is a tale about the narrator‚ Montresor‚ who desires to act revenge on his acquaintance

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    ENG 341-Studies in Literary Genres | The Significance of Imagery | In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” | Lauren Grilli 6/7/2010 | Imagery is described as the ‘mental pictures’ one interprets from reading any type of literature; this can be done using any of the five senses: taste‚ touch‚ smell‚ sight and sound. Edgar Allan Poe is notorious for his use of dramatic imagery in the gothic genre. “Gothic literature has a number of conventions‚ including evocations of horror‚ suggestions

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    The short stories “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe and “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne use verbal irony to elaborate the text. Both short stories explain the verbal type of irony. Verbal irony is a situation in which a character says the opposite of what he or she means. Verbal irony is not always shown in the text directly. The reader most of the time has to continue reading until the end of the passage‚ to actually see if it was verbal irony instead of a different type

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    could‚ but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge.” (The Cask of Amontillado) Revenge is a common thing to do when you want to get back at a person. Sometimes‚ it can be harsh and no sympathy or regret about hurting them‚ or it could be an innocent thing that makes them mad but then laugh afterwards. In Montresor’s case‚ he wants to hurt Fortunato because he insulted him in someway‚ and he vows to get revenge. The Cask Of Amontillado is another eerie story by Edgar Allan Poe about revenge. In

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    Negative Capability: An Analysis of the Ambiguous Motive for Murder and Class Conflict in the “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe This literary study will define the ambiguous motives for murder in the theoretical framework of “negative capability” in the “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe. Poe’s application of “negative capability” is defined in the ambiguous motives that Montresor possess in the murder of his old friend‚ Fortunato. Negative capability is defined in the way

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    Choose a Topic: What happens AFTER the story in "The Cask of Amontillado?"           Graphic Organizer Beginning Middle End After all the hard work of Destroying Fortunato‚  Montresor rest inside his vault for a few minutes. Montresor searches all across his vaults but sees no one. However the noises begin to get even louder. Montresor said he had no idea who that was. Then his face turned as red as a tomato. Because he looked off into the distance and saw one of Fortunatos shoes. He

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    The Cask of Amontillado People do unspeakable actions when blinded by revenge. “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could‚ but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge” (Poe 1). In “the Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe expresses characterization and irony to illustrate the theme of revenge. In the beginning of the story‚ Montresor elaborates about being insulted and every time he sees Fortunato‚ he acts as if they are good friends; when in the mind of

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    Well‚ guess only idiots say that. With a truly delightful laughter. Tomosato: Alright. I am a I followed an idiot this far. I can let him get away. I’d embark on an escape route if ya could think of one‚ but guess ya’re not that good. As he says this and brusquely turns his back to Sakuya‚ he departs with a brisk pace‚ perhaps implying‚ "come with me‚" but he hastens toward the fishfolk group restraining Rui. "I’m taking you to a nice place‚" his invitation might lead to a deceitful gambling

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    438 Chapter 23 Comparison and Contrast: Showing Similarities and Differences Chapter 23 Comparison and Contrast Showing Similarities and Differences Writing Writing Comparison and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 Finding Patterns in Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Practicing Patterns of Comparison and Contrast . . . 445 Readings for Critical Thinking‚ Discussion‚ and Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Suggested Topics and Prompts for

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    In the stories “The Black Cat”‚ “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ and “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe each have different types of conflicts and causes of conflict. In the story “The Black Cat” the conflict is man vs self. In the story “The Cask of Amontillado” the conflict is man vs man. In the story “The Tell-Tale Heart” the conflict is man vs self. Each of these stories contains murder and betrayal. The cause of the conflict in the story “The Black Cat” is lack of respect of morals. The

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