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    evidence the evidence shows that the murderer is customer C. he was left handed and so was the shooter. The footprints of X came from either customers B‚ C‚ or D. The footprints of X go right by were the shooter hand was when he shot the gun. Cask of Amontillado essay No because he is insane. Montresor tricked Fortunato so he could also be trying to trick the reader. Also he is not reliable because he is a biased narrator and we did get to hear not Fortunato’s side of the story. Considering that

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    In the short story‚ “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ written by Edgar Allen Poe‚ the setting is integral to the story because it enhances the disturbed mood which is shown throughout the story. The author writes how the narrator had buried Fortunato alive by locking him into a section where he could stack bricks to not let him escape. The text states‚ “ I had finished a portion of the last and the eleventh; there remained but a single stone to be fitted and plastered in” (Poe 39). This evidence shows how

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    dignity or self-respect. And it is also the reason why Montressor murdered Fortunato in the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”. The story is written by Edgar Allan Poe. It is about Montressor who seeks revenge for Fortunato just because of an insult. He uses the weak point of Fortunato i.e. Fortunato prided himself on his knowledge and good taste of wine. With that‚ Montressor uses Amontillado as bait so that Fortunato will go with him on his catacombs. At the end‚ Montressor is successful in having

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    Dana Sayell English 1020 Section 105168 April 6th‚ 2013 Topic #3 The Cask of Amontillado The Cask of Amontillado‚ which was written by Edgar Allen Poe in the early 1800’s‚ is about a man named Montresor who has been insulted by another man named Fortunato and has planned his revenge on the man. He plays along being a dear friend to Fortunato and convinces him to taste some wine in which he had purchased to see if it is worth what he had paid for. Montresor then takes him down to the cellar/catacombs

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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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    the right way to get back at someone? Monstressor believed the only way to get back at his “friend” Fortunato was to seek revenge and utimatley end his life‚ trapping him in the darkness of his catacombs. Edgar Allen Poe In his story‚ “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Poe uniquley uses first person point of view‚ setting and imagery through writing style. Poe’s use of first person point of view gave the audience an insight on Montresor’s perspective‚ unreliability‚ and finally his manipulative personality

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    The first story entitled The Cask of Amontillado has 2 characters One is Fortunato and the other is the executioner who comes Fortunato tricked leads to the catacombs where I had to try if the wine from a barrel was really Amontillado during Amitallado search of the executioner finishes drunk with some wine and chained to finally let him die like that. The second story titled hop-frog‚ Hop-Frog was the nickname they gave their jester‚ was a dwarf who had given gift to the king one of his generals

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    The Cask of Amontillado is a story written by Edgar Allen Poe‚ one of the most famous gothic poet and story writer born in Boston on January 19‚ 1809. The story features the antagonist Montessor‚ plotting revenge on his enemy Fortunato for disrespecting him. He encounters Fortunato at a seasonal evening carnival‚ “It was about dusk one evening‚ during the supreme madness of the carnival season‚ that I encountered my “friend” (84). Fortunato was drunk and vulnerable‚ “Fortunato‚ who had seemed to

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    Rocio Cruz Professor Fred Kille English 102 February 3‚ 2013 The Cask of Amontillado Essay “A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself as such to him who has done the wrong” Some people are driven to do wrong by enviousness and Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” is one good example of such. The story tells the event of the murder of Fortunato in the hands of Montresor‚ the narrator

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