Baraban, Elena V. “The Motive for Murder in ‘The Cask of Amontillado’.” Rocky Mountain Review 58.2 (Fall 2004): 47-62. Rpt. In Short Story Criticism. Vol. 111. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Literature Resource Center. Web. 12 July 2016.
According to Baraban, nothing in Poe’s writing appears due to accident. Every word, every detail in his writing serves a purpose; for example, the dialogue “True – True” by Montresor when Fortunato tells him that he will not die of a cough – Montresor knows that he most certainly will not die of that because Montresor has planned his murder already. She claims that Montresor was not just insane. She states that Montresor feels no guilt even after half a century when he is telling or confessing his “punishment” (rather …show more content…
“The cask of Amontillado: Overview.” Reference Guide to Short Fiction. Ed. Noelle Watson. Detroit: St. James Press, 1994. Literature Resource Center. Web. 8 July 2016. Benton believes that it was unusual for Poe to use the amount of dialogues that he did in “The Cask of Amontillado” because Poe does not depend on dialogues. According to Richard Benton, the key to the revenge plot of “The Cask of Amontillado” is the class conflict and the aristocratic social codes. He thinks that they are dueling with the words instead of swords – since Fortunato’s and Montresor’s social status is not same, they cannot duel with swords. For most of the part about Montresor not feeling remorse, Benton agrees with Elena Baraban (the source that I have mentioned …show more content…
The source explains the character and the things that influenced the characters to do what they were doing; it tells us (the reader) why the characters did what they did – the thinking behind it. For instance, Montresor is burning with cold passion (the way he buries Fortunato alive), an intelligent (his master plan to lure Fortunato), and an ironic (how he says something and means something else)
According to Baraban, nothing in Poe’s writing appears due to accident. Every word, every detail in his writing serves a purpose; for example, the dialogue “True – True” by Montresor when Fortunato tells him that he will not die of a cough – Montresor knows that he most certainly will not die of that because Montresor has planned his murder already. She claims that Montresor was not just insane. She states that Montresor feels no guilt even after half a century when he is telling or confessing his “punishment” (rather …show more content…
“The cask of Amontillado: Overview.” Reference Guide to Short Fiction. Ed. Noelle Watson. Detroit: St. James Press, 1994. Literature Resource Center. Web. 8 July 2016. Benton believes that it was unusual for Poe to use the amount of dialogues that he did in “The Cask of Amontillado” because Poe does not depend on dialogues. According to Richard Benton, the key to the revenge plot of “The Cask of Amontillado” is the class conflict and the aristocratic social codes. He thinks that they are dueling with the words instead of swords – since Fortunato’s and Montresor’s social status is not same, they cannot duel with swords. For most of the part about Montresor not feeling remorse, Benton agrees with Elena Baraban (the source that I have mentioned …show more content…
The source explains the character and the things that influenced the characters to do what they were doing; it tells us (the reader) why the characters did what they did – the thinking behind it. For instance, Montresor is burning with cold passion (the way he buries Fortunato alive), an intelligent (his master plan to lure Fortunato), and an ironic (how he says something and means something else)