The Narrator, whose name is Montressor is French for ‘my treasure’, which is ironic since Montressor is poor and bankrupt. Fortunato’s name is Italian for ‘fortunate’, and it is also ironic since he dies. Poe deviates from romanticism through arabesque, and creating a somber mood to provoke emotion. Arabesque also aided him in developing psychological horror, as the ornateness used create an unsettling sense of obsession. This further reveals the darker aspects of human nature as Poe…
The story begins with the narrator, Montresor, expressing his desire to revenge himself upon Fortunato for a “thousand injuries” (Poe 714), and this immediately gives the reader the impression that the narrator is at least slightly mentally unhinged. The scene is set during a carnival in a time period some fifty years prior to Montresor’s current retelling, which applies to Romanticism as the setting is somewhat obscure and the time is not current. The fact that Montresor buries Fortunato alive is extremely shocking to the reader, as is Montresor’s apparent cold-heartedness and his unapologetic manner. Montresor’s actions, although premeditated, seem dominated by his emotions of hatred toward his victim, and not by any amount of logic or…
(Poe 9). Montresor is making fun of Fortunato, as Poe uses foreshadowing, when Montresor talks about…
Poe characterizes Montresor as cunning with the use of foreshadowing because by showing the murder weapon to Fortunato, Montresor’s plans are alluded…
In “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allen Poe, the distinct forms of irony; situational, verbal and dramatic irony are utilized in order to develop the extremely dark mood. The example of situational irony can be observed almost immediately in the story, which is Fortunato’s jester clothing that he is wearing for Carnival. “He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells” (1) Fortunato's light hearted attire sharply contrasts from his fate that he will soon face. This contrast makes for a deranged and dark mood, and makes the events of the story even more disturbing. The occasional “jingle” of the bell on Fortunato’s hat also provides brief relief, which is quickly shattered when the…
Un-Fortunato It’s ironic how the one only Fortunato turned out to have an unfortunate ending. In Edgar Allen Poe’s the revenging short story of “The Cask of Amontillado” verbal irony is used to foreshadow Fortunato’s death. While Montressor and Fortunato are in the catacombs, Fortunato picks up a bad cough from the nitre encrusted on the walls.…
Edgar A. Poe shows situational irony in the realistic fiction story The Cask of Amontillado. Situational irony is the incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result; it includes all instances when the speaker or doer is acting on a misperception of the situation. One of the main character's name is “Fortunato” (Poe 1) which means good fortune but he gets the opposite of good fortune. Fortunato is a rich and cocky man but his luck quickly changes when he insults the wrong person who in this story is Montresor. Fortunato thinks he is the best and very fortunate but when he makes fun of Montresor, Montresor seeks revenge and he does this by luring Fortunato into his catacombs and chaining him up…
The way Edgar Allan Poe uses these different types of irony makes the story more unique as you read this story. What if Fortunato never offended Montresor in the first place? Would he have died either way though, that’s a good…
“I killed a hundred and five bears in less than a year,” said Davy Crockett. I don’t think the story Perilous Adventures On The Hunt is true for this reason and many more. Davy was quite the bear hunter, but a lot of his story was a tall tale. You will learn more as you continue to read this essay. The first thing that doesn’t seem right to me is he left his son at the camp ground all day without checking on him.…
Friends think that insulting each other is funny, but the other friend might not he might take your jokes offensive and not as a joke. Being Fortunato you would never think that your friend Montresor who cares about his friend to taste wine at his vaults and then kill you. Certainly, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of the Amontillado” uses irony, because Montresor pretends to care about his friend Fortunato, Montresor wants revenge on Fortunato for making fun of him, and Montresor wants Fortunato to taste his wine Amontillado at his vaults. To begin, Edgar Allan Poe’s uses irony in “ The Cask of the Amontillado,” because Montresor pretends to care about his friend Fortunato. Montresor has been made fun of by Fortunato, but Montresor is quiet about it.…
In beginning, Montresor reveals he wants to seek vengeance yet Fortunato is not aware of what is going on. The first instance we see irony is when the Montresor tells Fortunato "my dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkable well you are looking to-day" (Poe lines 29-30)! This statement is ironic because Fortunato is not lucky to find Montresor because he will be lured to his death eventually. Fortunato thought he was lucky because he would be able to try the Amontillado.…
Fortunato blindness to the truth is so great, that when he is almost walked in he says, “A very good joke indeed.” In all reality, Montresor wasn’t joking and Montresor took Fortunato’s life. Montresor’s hypocrisy shows through his laid back way of taking advantage of Fortunato’s ignorance. The author uses verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony to show that Montresor becomes a hypocrite in his mission to get revenge.…
say “Verbal irony is nonliteral language that makes salient a discrepancy between expectations and reality” (286). In other words this is when someone says something and they mean the opposite of what was said. A few examples of when Poe uses this type of irony is seen when Montresor tells Fortunato that they should leave the catacombs; for his health was more important than sampling the expensive wine that Montresor had told Fortunato that he had found. Another time that the reader sees this type is when Montresor asks Fortunato about his cough he replies “the cough is nothing; it will not kill me” Montresor responds saying “True-true” (3). These are verbal for that fact that Montresor could not be more worried about his health he is about…
The Cask of Amontillado In Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Cask of Amontillado" is loaded with irony especially several examples of verbal irony. When the reader sees the irony, it lets them know that something is going to happen towards the end of the story. A big part in the story that shows irony is before Fortunato's death. He suffers from a cold, which therefore means he is sick.…
The Evil That Men Do Both Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” and Flannery O’Conner’s “A Good Man is Hard to find” are horror stories exploring the darker side of human nature. In both stories two men commit murder for personal reasons. While each story uses similar characters, with similar traits that set the overall theme, they differ in the ways that each character is affected by them. Montresor comes from a former powerful noble house and plans on killing Fortunato.…