Catacombs

Hebrews wandered for forty years looking for the Promised Land of “milk and honey” creating arts of those years seemed unimportant. The only religious art depicted in the book is the Menorahs and Ark of the Covenant which is a wall painting in a Jewish catacomb. Since this work of art is located underground it also lead me to believe that the ancient Hebrew religion could of possibly practiced in secret. Both early Christians and Muslim believed it was distasteful to worship idols. Even though…

Fortunate’s pride in arrogance in being the most excellent wine buff around is recognized as his weak point by Montresor and he uses this to his advantage. Montessori uses Luchesi as a pawn in his plan to trick Fortunato to continue going deep into the catacombs with him; telling him that he will just get Luchesi to taste the wine instead. Fortunato’s pride will not allow him to be outdone so he unknowingly plays along into Montresor’s plan and this ultimately costs him his life. Montresor had…

devices are “A Rose For Emily” and “The Cask Of Amontillado”. “In the Rose For Emily” the story takes place in a post civil war jefferson,a small town in the deep south of the united states,while “The Cask Of Amontillado” take place in an underground catacombs somewhere in Italy during the carnival season. In the two stories “A Rose For Emily” written by William Faulkner and “The Cask Of Amontillado written” by Edgar Allan Poe they share similarities and differences in plot,character and author…

exploits this to his advantage by tricking Fortunato on the perfect day, carnival season, to visit his home to taste a rare wine called the “Amontillado”. Montresor increases Fortunato’s inebriation by providing him more wine as they walk through the catacombs of Montresor’s home in search of the planned destination. Once there Montresor notes “…I fettered him to the granite. In its surface were two iron staples… From one of these depended a short chain, from the other…

villain in a story. “The Cask of Amontillado” revolves around how Montresor seeks revenge on his “once a friend, now an enemy” Fortunato. He lures Fortunato into believing that he has found the Amontillado and manages to get him into his gruesome catacombs. Even though his way of seeking revenge is extremely vicious, he gets away with it. He achieves his long desired goal only because of his incredibly haughty, manipulative, and callous nature. Montresor can be considered haughty and prideful…

In the text ”The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and the poem ”A Poison Tree” by William Blake, the authors create a similar theme. The authors created these themes about death, anger, and revenge. Although the authors had an end result that was similar, they did not achieve this outcome the same way. The authors maintained similar aspects of their texts; however, they used a variety of literary techniques to approach and slowly build up the theme. In the short story and the poem, both…

Candace Eugene Professor Schmidt September 25, 2014 Metropolis: 2.1 Gender and Technology The depiction of technology and femininity is evident in Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” (1927). This urban dystopian film has distinctive elements that allegorize the female identity and sexual idealizations to appeal to the mass by incorporating technology. In the beginning of the film, viewers see a clear indifference between the ruling class and the working poor. We also see how technology is…

Gothic fiction is known as a subgenre of romanticism. It emphasizes on emotion, but it focuses on more disturbed feelings. Edgar Allen Poe is perhaps the most famous example of an American gothic author. His stories are a true definition of dark romanticism as we see in The Cask of the Amontillado a real prospective on gothic romanticism. It displays a disturbing feeling that the character in the narrative is insane. This type of narrative especially makes a person wonder why someone would have…

In The Birth-mark by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, and William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily, all three plays end in murder. Hawthorne’s Aylmer murders his wife, Georgiana; in The Cask of Amontillado, Montresor murders the wine connoisseur Fortunato; and in A Rose for Emily, Emily murders her fiancée. All of the murders were motivated by one thing-Pride. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story The Birth-mark tells the story of the scientist Aylmer and his wife,…

Montresor, The Misfit, and the Descent into Darkness Both Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” and Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” allude to the thought that human beings are capable of performing despicable acts in order to achieve what they want. Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” takes place during the carnival season somewhere in Italy, and details the story of Montresor enacting his revenge against Fortunato (Poe 1108-1113). Likewise O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to…