Short Stories Unit Test 3

Front 1

Montresor wants to seek revenge against Fortunato

Back 1

F. injured M. a thousand times (a hyperbole: exaggeration)

Wants F. to know that it's M. getting revenge on him, but doesn't want to put himself in danger

Front 2

Dress of M. and F. and the symbolism from that

Back 2

M. wearing black mask and black outfit because he is hidden and like going to attack

F. wearing jester outfit because he is drunk and clueless and silly and foolish because he is being fooled

Front 3

Setting

Back 3

Carnival festivities and vault; Europe

Carnival season

Front 4

M. asks F. to taste...?

Back 4

Asks him to taste the Amontillado; Luchesi will taste it if F. doesn't and this quickly upsets F.

M. told servants that he'd be gone so that they would sneak out and not be home

Front 5

Vaults

Back 5

Covered with niter, cause F. to cough, M. offers to have F. turn back but he doesn't want to

Full of dead bodies from M.'s family

Front 6

M.'s crest

Back 6

foot crushing serpent with the serpent's fangs in the heel of the foot

motto is "nemo me impure lacessit" which means "no one injures me with impunity"

Front 7

Mason

Back 7

F. makes a mason hand motion
M. doesn't understand
M. insists he is a mason
Shows him the trowel (stone mason)

Front 8

Chains

Back 8

M. chains F. to wall and begins to build a brick wall

F. screams and moans and thinks that M. is joking and then falls silent after his final pleas

Bones weren't disturbed for half a century

Front 9

Foreshadowing

Back 9

I won't die of a cough; Yes, you won't.

Sarcastic toast to F.'s long life

Front 10

Mood

Back 10

eerie
suspenseful
dark
evil-sad
setting: contrasts catacombs and carnival

Front 11

Symbolism

Back 11

Fortunato: his name is irony, Fortunate life before this event

Change in setting = duality in M.'s behavior

M.'s dress and F.'s dress

Front 12

Goals

Back 12

- Get away with it
- Not let it negatively affect him
- F. must know that it is M. getting revenge on him

Front 13

Sane

Back 13

Premeditation
Told from flashback
Historically, his actions were not irregular
Hides F. so he isn't caught doing this
Evil acts aren't the same as insanity
Seems to have functioned fine for last 50 years
Hesitates and heart grows sick; remorse
Doesn't feel differently about the murder after 50 years

Front 14

INsane

Back 14

Killed F. in a cold blooded premeditated manner while pretending sincere friendship
M. is vague on reasoning of why he would murder F.
Acts as if his actions are justified from what kind of person he is
Still doesn't think his actions were wrong after 50 years
Can't provide a reasonable justification to his audience
Taunts F. and enjoys his misery

Front 15

Poe's stile

Back 15

Insane characters
He(?) had a troubled life

Front 16

Gothicism

Back 16

Poe doesn't include supernatural stuff; real horror lies in what human beings themselves are capable of

Typically in medieval castles and have clanking chains, horror, violence, ghosts, long underground passages, dark chambers, etc.

Front 17

Verbal irony

Back 17

1. ???

2. ???

Front 18

Irony when F. asks M. about his family coat-of-arms and motto

Back 18

???

Front 19

Type of revenge that M. wants to seek

Back 19

??? (examine 1st paragraph closely)