Edgar Allan Poe is widely known for his morbid and Gothic writing style. This 19th century author created distinct atmospheres within his work. His style is created through figurative language, intricate word choice and tone. Much of his word choice sets the tone for his writings. He uses figurative language to season and spice his work with description, adding repetition to make a point. When it comes to style, Poe leans more toward a terror style of writing, but he still uses his work to express his views on conflicts such as racism and slavery.
“The Cask of Amontillado” is one of Poe’s spine-tingling short stories. The story is about revenge and death. Poe includes irony in almost every line, making the story more twisted and creepy. His tone and word choice sounds elegant, making it more scary. Here’s a passage from this story, “We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descending again, arrived at a deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow than flame.” The whole passage flows, he uses descriptive vocabulary to make even the stench of rotting human remains seem appealing. He also uses the subtle rhyme of ‘flambeaux’ and ‘glow’. His word choice has a …show more content…
Montresor (antagonist) plans to kill a man who he claims hurt him a significant amount of times. He treats this man, Fortunato with kindness, toasting to his long life. This is irony because he plans to kill him. Another example of irony is when Montresor first sees Fortunato at the festival and says “My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met,” . This statement is irony because Fortunato is not actually luckily met by Montresor, whose intentions are to murder Fortunato. Also, as you can see the name Fortunato sounds like ‘fortunate’, translated in Italian it means ‘fortunate one’. Unfortunately, Fortunato was not very fortunate at all. All in all, irony plays a vital role in this
“The Cask of Amontillado” is one of Poe’s spine-tingling short stories. The story is about revenge and death. Poe includes irony in almost every line, making the story more twisted and creepy. His tone and word choice sounds elegant, making it more scary. Here’s a passage from this story, “We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descending again, arrived at a deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow than flame.” The whole passage flows, he uses descriptive vocabulary to make even the stench of rotting human remains seem appealing. He also uses the subtle rhyme of ‘flambeaux’ and ‘glow’. His word choice has a …show more content…
Montresor (antagonist) plans to kill a man who he claims hurt him a significant amount of times. He treats this man, Fortunato with kindness, toasting to his long life. This is irony because he plans to kill him. Another example of irony is when Montresor first sees Fortunato at the festival and says “My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met,” . This statement is irony because Fortunato is not actually luckily met by Montresor, whose intentions are to murder Fortunato. Also, as you can see the name Fortunato sounds like ‘fortunate’, translated in Italian it means ‘fortunate one’. Unfortunately, Fortunato was not very fortunate at all. All in all, irony plays a vital role in this