Cask Of Amontillado And Barn Burning Analysis

Me, Myself, and I. Judge, Jury, Executioner. How far would you go to receive the justice you thought you deserved? Would you simply just go to the police or would you take matters into your own hands? Would you commit a crime in order to bring someone to justice? Most citizens would just go the police and let the law provide the justice, however there are many instances in which citizens, being dissatisfied with how the law serves its justice, take matters into their own hands. These citizens however are often providing justice to a crime with more crime and are often not in the right state of mind. Both Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” and Willian Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” deal with crimes that essentially go unpunished and with the emotions that accompany these crimes. The narrator’s point of view in each of these short stories shapes determines how much the readers know about the motives for the crime, the crime’s basic circumstances, and the extent to which the crime is justified. In Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”, the protagonist, Montresor, has long puzzled readers with his motives for his murder of his rival, Fortunato. Montresor claims that Fortunato insulted him and dealt him a …show more content…
The narrator’s point of view in each of these short stories shapes and determines how much the readers know about the motives for the crime, the crime’s basic circumstances, and the extent to which the crime is justified. Overall, it seems that serving justice yourself can be a risky business, leaving you either feeling guilty the rest of your life or almost dying trying to prove a point. It is ultimately just better to refer to the law to serve its justice and to let more responsible, level headed people deal with the situation at