In The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe uses dramatic and verbal irony. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that the character(s) do not. Verbal irony is when a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning. Dramatic and verbal irony is used in The Cask of Amontillado to cover up what Montresor is really going to do to Fortunato. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that the characters in the story do not. This lets the reader understand what is really going on within a story. In the story, Montresor is seen as Fortunato’s friend, but as a reader one can infer that Montresor is really out to get revenge on Fortunato. Montresor
