Catacombs of Paris

Montresor describes his path way down into the catacombs. “ It’s walls have been lined with human remains piled to the vault overhead... bones had been thrown down…” (5). Poe’s description aids the reader to create an image in which changes the mood. the walls being lined with human remains as well as…

Stories exists since the beginning of humanity, and it become a way to communicate, inform, and entertain, being adapted to the new ways to send messages, from the oral story telling to Kindle. Although there are no identical stories, there’s something called ´´ Compare and Contrast`` , which consists in trying to find the similarities and differences between two different literary works. On that case´´ The Cask of Amontillado``, written by Edgar Allan Poe, which tells the story of Montresor and…

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…

Fortunato. Montresor seeks revenge and creates an elaborate plan to kill Fortunato. In the chaos of Carnival, Montresor leads a very intoxicated Fortunato to the catacombs. Fortunato believes they are going to the catacombs to taste a fine wine, the Amontillado, however Montresor secretly plans to kill him. The men travel to the depths of the catacombs, and Montresor covertly entombs Fortunato. Sealing the tomb, Montresor leaves Fortunato to die. Montresor kills Fortunato to avenge the wrongs…

In the short story The Cask of Amontillado, the audience learned that you should treat everyone like you want to be treated or you might end up dead like the main protagonist Fortunato. Montresor was a rich man who vowed revenge on Fortunato who he had finally insulted Montresor for the last time. Montresor is willing to do whatever it takes to get revenge. In the story, the author, Edgar Allan Poe, used irony, setting, and characterization, to create a creepy mood. In the story Poe used irony…

Edgar Allan Poe did a great job describing the vault where the Amontillado was kept. This is because he described it as, “…walls of pilled bones, with casks and puncheons intermingling, into the most innermost recesses of the catacombs” (Poe, 1846). This sentence in the story gave off a thrilling and unsettling…

that Montresor and Fortunato wore. Poe wanted to make the costumes represent what they are going to do in the story. In the story Fortunato did something to Montresor, so he saw out revenge. During the carnival, Montresor lured Fortunato into his catacombs, an underground burial for deceased family members, then Montresor got him drunk. Montresor later chained Fortunato to the wall, next he made a wall in front of Fortunato. Montresor, then dropped a fire stick into the wall, and killed…

was going to happen to Fortunato and he wanted to savor his revenge little by little and as much as he could. I believe if Fortunato attempted to go back home Montresor would have murder him, and drag him whatever remains of the path through the catacombs and complete his vengeance. Whichever way Fortunato's faith was to bite the dust that day and Montresor was going ensure it. I think Fortunato unquestionably change in the story, he was a merry, secure and prideful men that thought everyone was…

The Cask of Amontillado is a story, written by Edgar Allan Poe, about Montresor, the narrator, who wants to get revenge on Fortunato for insulting him. Throughout the story, Montresor leads a drunk Fortunato through an underground catacomb after he encounters him during the carnival season. Then, Montresor is able to fulfill his revenge plan in such a way that Fortunato never finds out he was mad until Montresor locks him up in a small crypt. Afterward, he walls up the entrance to the crypt and…

Angel Salazar Block 4/6 12/1/16 Short story Literary essay In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe the story takes place in a dark catacomb after Fortunato disrespected Montresor’s name and laughing at him so he planned his revenge took him to his Palazzo in italy for a drink of wine but he killed him and he got the last laugh. In the Short Story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, Poe shows that you shouldn't trust people you don't know…