What defines a murderer? Is it their motive, their state of mind, or how they executed their victims? There are numerous characteristics one could delve into, but those are the three that define the characters: Emily Grierson from “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and Montresor from “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. Montresor and Miss Emily Grierson, while both murderers, are two wholly different people, who went about killing their victims in extremely different ways.
The reasoning behind Montresor and Miss Emily’s murders are entirely different. Emily never had anyone in her life who truly loved her, and Emily’s over-bearing father never approved of any suitors who came for her. Though this may have been because he knew of
The reasoning behind Montresor and Miss Emily’s murders are entirely different. Emily never had anyone in her life who truly loved her, and Emily’s over-bearing father never approved of any suitors who came for her. Though this may have been because he knew of