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    Poe’s writing style is very gothic. He has an unique adn dark way of writing as presented in "The Raven"‚"The Tell-Tale Hearts"‚ and "The Cask of Amontillado". Poe’s writing appeals to emotion and drama and aslo‚ his storys appeal to either death‚ lost love‚ or both and he has a brilliant style of language he uses in his writing to deliberate his meaning of text. His storys are very diffrent from any author becasue he has a diffrent style of writing than other author’s really beacause he lost his

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    The Actions of a friend can have lasting affects on another‚ whether it be in a good or bad way. Within a friendship trust and comfort is gained. However actions can cause a friend to become angry and bitter. In The Cask of Amontillado written by Edgar Allan Poe‚ Montresor the Protaganist expresses tones of deception‚ irony‚ and jealousy towards Fortunato the antagonist. These feelings have consumed Montresor who has decide the ultimate revenge. A one time friend has become a foe unbeknown to

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    The author of the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allen Poe is known for writing dark and disturbing stories. Many of his characters are murderers who are completely and utterly insane. This fact is also true in the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”. A man by the name of Montresor decides that he has had enough with another man named Fortunato so he decides to kill him in a quite gruesome way. Throughout the story Poe conveys a dark disturbing mood through the use of terrifyingly

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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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    In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the narrator‚ Montresor‚ plots to get revenge on his former friend‚ Fortunato. It is not completely known why he is so desperate to pursue vengeance‚ only that he has endured a thousand injuries. Montresor leads the intoxicated Fortunato into the catacombs‚ an underground dungeon with numerous human remains‚ where he ultimately builds a wall to trap Fortunato alive. With the use of dark humor and chilling horror‚ Poe really brings this obscure short

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    Irony of The Cask of Amontillado Many of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories contain a wide variety of irony‚ motifs‚ and symbolism. The unity of these elements within many of his tales creates specific moods in and throughout his works. One story in particular‚ The Cask of Amontillado not only displays Poe’s exquisite attention to detail and mastery of literary unity‚ but it clearly portrays his expertise in the use of irony within this story. The most evident use of irony is through the character’s

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    In the story “The Cask of Amontillado‚” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ we learn of a man named Montresor who seeks vengeance on an acquaintance‚ named Fortunato. The reason for Montresor seeking revenge is brought on by Fortunato causing him “thousand injuries” and insulting him. As a result‚ Montresor plans to bury Fortunato alive. This plot leads the reader into an experience of horror‚ just as many other stories by Poe do. Edgar Allan Poe is famous for his gothic horror writing‚ tales of mystery‚ and the

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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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