Amontillado

Baraban, Elena V. “The Motive for Murder in ‘The Cask of Amontillado’.” Rocky Mountain Review 58.2 (Fall 2004): 47-62. Rpt. In Short Story Criticism. Vol. 111. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Literature Resource Center. Web. 12 July 2016. According to Baraban, nothing in Poe’s writing appears due to accident. Every word, every detail in his writing serves a purpose; for example, the dialogue “True – True” by Montresor when Fortunato tells him that he will not die of a cough – Montresor knows that he most…

punish with impunity.” (Poe, 683) These words were written in a story of Edgar Allen Poe. Many people when hurt either learn to get over what was done wrong to them while others wish to punish those that wronged them. In the story “The Cask of Amontillado” Poe writes about the second path a person takes when he or she has been wronged. This story is about two men named Montresor and Fortunato. Montresor is hurt because Fortunato did something that Montresor feels as betrayal. The story does not…

This mask represents the catacomb in which Montresor killed Fortunato in The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe. The masks lacks a mouth to represent how the catacomb kept the secret of Fortunato’s death: “At the most remote end of the crypt there appeared another less spacious” (Poe). The cask of Amontillado represents the excuse that Montresor made to get Fortunato into the catacomb: “ ‘The Amontillado!’ ejaculated my friend, not yet recovered from his astonishment” (Poe). The wall…

The Cast of Amontillado Analysis The story “The Cask of Amontillado” is written by Edgar Allan Poe. This story is mainly about the character Montresor is out for revenge on the other character Fortunato. Montresor makes a plan to get his revenge on Fortunato and actually kills him. This story has a few literary devices throughout it. A few of literary devices that are flowing through this story are conflicts, irony, and foreshadowing. The story has conflict all through it. The conflicts are…

mankind’s human nature to be overcome with jealousy to a point where they feel the need for revenge. The Cask of Amontillado, written by Edgar Allan Poe, is a fictional short story where the narrator expresses his thoughts and choices as it leads up to the act of revenge. The narrator, Montresor, leads his “friend,” Fortunato, into the catacombs by tricking him into thinking that there is amontillado, and he buries him alive in the catacombs. Human beings are not born evil, but instead are born…

Irony in the Cask of Amontillado In Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” Montresor is wants revenge on his friend Fortunato. Though Montresor never explains what is motivating him to seek revenge in the first place, the only clue Montresor offers is by stating that Fortunato has caused “a thousand injuries” upon him. As a result of this wrong doing, Montresor plans to kill Fortunato. Montresor carries out his plan with a great smile on his face and without causing any suspicion of his…

“The Cask of Amontillado” is a fictional tale written by Edgar Allan Poe that describes Montresor on his quest for revenge. Fortunato, an old friend, has wronged Montresor and given him a thirst for revenge. Though his faults are not expressed in the story, his arrogant and selfish attitude likely leads to his demise. Narrated from Montresor’s point of view, this shows the inner thinking of Montresor and his murderous desires. Montresor is overwhelmed with a desire for revenge which leads him to…

The Cask of Amontillado I, Fortunato, am a respected and feared man, since my connoisseurship in wine is divine. My other countrymen can’t be compared to me, even Montresor. Being able to achieve such knowledge in spirits, I have made some enemies along the way. I myself was aware of the problem, but I myself believe that all the things that I did wasn’t worthy of any hatred or revenge. The time of year where laughter and joy rises has come again, the carnival. For the fun had already pull me…

“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is one of those stories that is dark and horrifying, but is well renowned for a being a great story. This story is a horror, psychological thriller, and I believe can be used into the insight into the human mind. The premise of this story is that of man known as Montresor is getting revenge on Fortunato for humiliating him personally. One of the many literary devices used in the story is irony. The irony used in this story is not regular irony but a…

The overall mood of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is sinister and foreboding. In order to convey this, Poe employs the narrative’s setting. “The Cask of Amontillado” is a short story about an Italian man named Montresor, who desires vengeance on his wealthy acquaintance, Fortunato, for reasons not quite clarified to the reader. The story opens at “dusk… during the supreme madness of the carnival season” (501). Dusk, the period of time just before night sets in, is a setting…