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    Holland 1 Catherine E. Holland Mrs. Wilder English 1302 WMW1 8 April 2012 Annotated Bibliography: “The Cask of Amontillado” Baraban‚ Elena V. “E.V. Baraban: Murder in “The Cask of Amontillado.”” RMMLA Homepage. Rocky Mountain Review‚ 28 Oct. 2004. Web. 05 Apr. 2012. Though murder is the centerpiece of “The Cask of Amontillado‚” it is not typical of mysteries with similar subject matter‚ because the murderer tells the reader how he commits his crime. Poe leaves the reader with many questions

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    the semester‚ read a numerous amount of short stories‚ ranging from Tarzan of the apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs to Spunk by Zora Neale Hurston. Each story includes their own twists and turns. Out of all the stories‚ I choose to write about The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe. While reading this story‚ you can tell that Poe utilizes a lot of Irony with all of his characters. Fortunato (the main character) but at the end of the story‚ he is killed by Montresor. “No answer still. I thrust a torch

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    NyAsia Skeete Poe Essay: 12:56 pm- 1:39pm Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado is centered on one man’s incessant need for revenge and the extensive lengths he took to partake in it. It was not revealed in the short story the reason behind the need for revenge‚ but the figurative language used such as imagery‚ characterization‚ and point of view show how the author directs his tone and attitude towards revenge throughout the story. This short story was written in the first person narrative. The reason behind

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    How “The Cask of Amontillado” Showed Romanticism The story of “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe has many characteristics of Romanticism. Romanticism is the movement of freedom and imagination of art and literature‚ this era was from early 1800 to 1860 which is the early 19th century this was all changed by the writing of Edgar Allen Poe by showing how he could get away from peritain writing. The first charcteristic is intuition over reasoning‚ the second form that shows romanticism characteristics

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    Definitions character and characterization An assignment like this one can only succeed with a clear definition of the analysed element of fiction. Therefore we started to assignment by defining character and characterization: A character is fictional person in a literary work. Not all characters in a story have the same depth or the same importance: depending on the role they play in the story‚ some characters are described meticulously (what they look like‚ how they feel‚ what they think‚ what

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    Edgar Allan Poe’s style is characterized by his use of sound imagery‚ irony‚ and repeated elements‚ which he uses to create an emotional effect for his readers. In Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado” he uses sound imagery to describe Fortunato’s sickness. The quote from “The Cask of Amontillado” to describe Fortunato’s sickness is “Enough‚ ‘he said; ‘the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die from a cough.” For this sound imagery you should feel horror

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    The story “The Cask of Amontillado” By Edgar Allen Poe has a character that gets misled just like how I was misled about the wonders of the tooth fairy from my parents. My parents said that the tooth fairy was real like how Fortunato in “The Cask of Amontillado” By Edgar Allen Poe was tricked into thinking that the special wine was in the catacombs. The act of misleading someone can make lots of negative types of feelings for somebody. When I was around six years old‚ I was misled by my parents

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    Amontillado State of Mind After the murder‚ Montresor started to feel bad about what he had done to his friend. In the story‚ the “Cask of Amontillado” Poe creates a mood using vengeance‚ desperation‚ and severity. These moods all show that the story is disturbing. In the story‚ it shows that Montresor wants vengeance on Fortunato because he made fun of his family. When Montresor takes him to his house to kill him‚ Fortunato reveals a cough that sounds like "Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!"(Poe 868). Then Montresor

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    In the three passages written by Poe (The Masque of the Red Death‚ The Tell-Tale Heart‚ and The Cask of Amontillado)‚ their settings contribute to their mood and their tone. Poe chose the settings of his passages very wisely‚ always thinking about how they would affect the story and what role they would play in the reader’s understanding of the mood and/or the tone that he is trying to get across. The settings in these passages are different‚ but they are also somewhat alike‚ so the mood and the

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    Interestingly‚ an author by the name of Edgar Allen Poe‚ wrote a very dark and dreary story called “The Cask of Amontillado”. Furthermore‚ a few interesting themes introduced in “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ include: gothic‚ betrayal‚ and insanity. Firstly‚ Poe introduces a very interesting theme called a gothic theme. Likewise‚ in Poe’s story Montresor hides his intent of hate towards Fortunato; leaving a dark foreboding killer intent to be felt by the readers. Furthermore‚ Montresor gets Fortunato

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