Amontillado

“The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allan Poe, is a short story told by a man named Montresor who seeks revenge on Fortunato, for insulting him years ago. Montresor runs into Fortunato at a carnival, and lures him into his catacomb by mentioning Amontillado, a fine wine. Fortunato plays a jester at the carnival, having no clue of his fate with Montresor. Poe sets the majority of the story in the catacombs, and the central idea is revenge. Poe portrays the central idea of revenge with the…

Edgar Allan Poe’s story The Cask of Amontillado is the creepiest short story of his. The other two short stories of his are The Black Cat and The Tell Tale Heart. All three are creepy stories, but The Cask of Amontillado is the creepiest. The Cask of Amontillado is the creepiest because the narrator shoved a guy in a corner and trapped him to die, the narrator has an underground catacomb, and the narrator had planned the death of Fortunato. The Cask of Amontillado is the creepiest because…

“The Cask of Amontillado” and “A Rose for Emily” both relate to each other by telling the story of one who commits a terrible act upon another individual. In “The Cask of Amontillado”, two characters are the focus of the story. Montresor decides to murder Fortunato. He does this by simply having Fortunato intoxicated and bringing him down to the catacombs where Montresor chains Fortunato to a large stone and slowly walls him in. Fortunato is sick and dying, the damp underground cave only…

The Narration of “The Cask of Amontillado” “The Cask of Amontillado” is composed by the master writer Edgar Allan Poe. This first person short story is arguably written with immense care and intentionality. Poe uses certain elements such as point of view, an omniscient narrator, and focus to bend the effects of the story to his will. First, as previously stated, “The Cask of Amontillado” is written in the first person point of view. This is used to produce a variety of textually borne…

In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Poe takes readers on a twisted journey inside the mind of a madman. Poe is often remembered for the dark themes present in his stories which can often be attributed to his difficult life. Poe uses irony to develop his theme of a man who seeks salvation through repression. From an early age, Edgar Allan Poe experienced many hardships. By the time Poe had turned three, his father had already left the family and his mother had died of tuberculosis. After the death of…

reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words,” said Philip K. Dick. In “The Cask of Amontillado”, it shows manipulation of Fortunato by the man character Montresor. Montresor convinces Fortunato to follow him to this special wine called Amontillado. In the end Montresor builds a wall barricading Fortunato in chains. Different situations make it easier to manipulate someone, for example when the victim is naive,…

Edgar Allan Poe has become a vital figure in the world of literature based on his gothic short stories, Cask of Amontillado to The Fall of House Usher and Tell-Tale Heart, each unique in their own way as they have attracted more people to his books for over two centuries. In his short stories, Poe has shown numerous amounts of descriptive and unsettling imagery with different techniques, adding an eerie mood along with suspenseful syntax. Poe not only incorporates techniques such as unsettling…

people like to get revenge? Why do people laugh at other people's mistakes? Why do people not help out somebody who has tripped, and laughed instead? These three questions point to one big theme in The Cask of Amontillado. Edgar Allen Poe illustrates the theme of revenge in The Cask of Amontillado through the use of an unreliable narrator. Using these three main points, perceived insults, premeditated murder, and by showing no remorse. The first example is when Montresor wanted to get…

Period 5 November 15, 2015 Legally/Clinically insane In the short story “ The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allan Poe, the main character wanted revenge. He wanted revenge upon Fortunato. So he plans to lure him in because Fortunato is suppose to know all there is about wine. When in reality he is just a quack and knows absolutely nothing about wine. So the main character tells Fortunato that he has the Amontillado and to follow him to his catacombs. As they approach closer to the wine…

The Cask of Amontillado For my writing assignment, I chose the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe. Poe spins a tale of the ultimate deception, which leads Fortunato to his demise. I selected this work for many reasons, it appealed to me, I am a fan of Poe and his ability to twist and turn a readers mind without revealing his shocking endings too soon, and because I wanted to dissect our in class discussion more, because I do not believe Montresor is mentally ill. When we…