The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Poe does uses a specific point of view to make his story different and suprising. Poe’s stories always start and end with creepy diction. (Depending on how you read it ) In the beginning of the story Poe starts of by saying "the thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge" (Poe lines1-2). Here we figure out that our story will be told by this man who wants vengeance "Montresor". Montresor
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As I read about different types of literary criticism‚ I felt compelled to apply the Marxist school of literary criticism to Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado.” The Fortunato appears to have a rising distinguished social status a nobleness forming an equality or possibly surpassing the Montresor. This to me demonstrates a symbolism of status the Montresor and family used to have but its declining. The success of the Fortunato creates the thousand injuries that aggravates the Montresor to
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“There is more to tell and the story gets better. The money had been in a bank in Luxembourg in a blind account. Picca Pythonzi had been given the money by Filippo‚ and he asked Ignacio to use it for a good cause. Ignacio told him he knew exactly where to put it.” “Frank I can’t believe what I am hearing. Where is the money now?” “Ignacio has it in a bank in New Orleans‚ and the bank didn’t ask any questions.” The original paintings displayed on the walls of the restaurant now had more meaning.
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It was one of the best nights in a long time. There I was looking at the most beautiful girl I had ever laid eyes on. I was truly the luckiest guy in all of the earth. Pearl was not only the sweetest woman I had ever met‚ but‚ also the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Sure we had our ups and downs but in the end we loved each other and that was all that mattered. There was nothing standing in the way of us. Well‚ maybe one thing… or should I say person… Fortunato. You see‚ Fortunato
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used sometimes is where the reader knows more than he author. The irony is used to foreshadow what will happen. The author Edgar Allen Poe uses irony in the short story the cask of amontillado. There are 2 types of irony. There is situational and then there is verbal irony. In the short story “the cask of amontillado” ____ irony is used. The first example of irony in this short story is Fortunato’s name. According to “Behind the name” the late latin name Fortunatus means "fortunate‚ blessed
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In “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” similar techniques are used to create a sense of tension and menace. The Tell-tale heart uses descriptive narration and a unique persona of the narrator‚ as well as the night time setting which contributes to the sense of menace. The Cask of Amontillado takes a slightly different path towards demonstrating tension menace‚ again the brilliant uses of descriptive and imagery words to describe the setting and set the tone of tension and menace.
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Montresor from "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe was a revengeful‚ sarcastic‚ and cruel man because he led Fortunato to his death. There is no doubt that Montresor was the antagonist of "The Cask of Amontillado". The reader discovered that when reading about his revengefulness at the beginning of this short story. Montresor had enough with Fortunato’s insults and finally decided to see an end to his life (The reader inferred that Fortunato had done something to Montresor and/or his
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authors use suspense to keep the reader interested in the story. Suspense is the excitement or tension that readers feel as they wait to find out how a story ends or a conflict is resolved. In "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell‚ "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe‚ and "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury‚ all three authors use suspense to captivate the reader’s attention in their
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1. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” the setting helps clarify the theme of revenge possibly leading to guilt and regret later in life. Poe uses a lot of irony in his stories with almost every element possible‚ the setting is no different. At the beginning the story takes place during at a carnival in Italy. At the carnival everyone is having fun and celebrating‚ including Fortunato‚ the unfortunate victim of Montresor’s revenge plan. Later on the setting later changes drastically as
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The Cask of Amontillado In Edgar Allan Poe’s horrific tale of “The Cask of Amontillado” readers witness a journey of two people wondering through an underground graveyard leading to a tragic and twisted end. Most readers assume that the character of Montresor is a male figure. All of the actions of Montresor‚ throughout the course of the story‚ are full capabilities of a woman. It could be possible that our two characters had a love affair before our gruesome tale plays out. Let us say that
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