Nemo me impune lacessit

Sweating, fast heartbeat, delusions, also commonly know as fear. Curiosity, the unknown, eeriness, is more known as mystery. This thesis is how Edgar Allan Poe crafts exceptional short stories with these qualities. I will be using The cask of amontillado to prove my thoughts of how suspense, mood, and mystery are created. 1 element for creating mystery is a revenge story. A second element for creating mystery is little subtle things in a story. A final element for creating mystery is long rising…

Gothic literature is one of the most dark, scary and thrilling genres in the arts. The greats, Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, Shirley Jackson and many more created a story that left the readers sleeping with one eye open. We can see this particularly in “The Cask of Amontillado” as Poe creates an unforgettable tension. Poe uses irony and elements in the setting of “The Cask of Amontillado” to develop the suspense. Poe’s use of irony in “The Cask of Amontillado” drastically boosted the…

During his recall of events he mentions a conversation between himself and Fortunato about his family motto, “Nemo me impune lacessit” which translates into “No one provokes me with impunity”. (167). Montresor was raised with the belief that anyone who provokes him must be punished; therefore, Montresor is able to rationalize that his act of revenge is the only answer to the insults he received…

Constantly Montresor is showing his concern for Fortunato’s health offering to go back if he wanted to. Fortunato insisted on staying and proceeding to the destination once stating “the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough”(167). Montresor replies with true knowing Fortunato’s real fate is to die buried in the catacombs. Montresor’s family coat of arms is described as a shield with a giant gold human foot in a field of azure crushing a serpent…

In The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe, the intense utilization of imagery and incongruity throughout the Cask of Amontillado gives this short story its tension and horror filled theme. The story is told in first person by an extremely wrathful and manipulative character. This character, Montresor, would first appear to the reader as the victim however in all actuality, he is plotting to take the life of Fortunato. The narrator, Montresor, begins the short story by explaining to his…

that he Montresor has found him. He is not lucky at all because as we see at the end of the story Fortunato ends up dead at the hands of Montresor. The last irony comes when Fortunato tells Montresor that “‘the cough is mere nothing: it will not kill me’” (685) to which Montresor agrees. He knows that Fortunato will die not because of the cough but by sealing him up under ground in the…

A Revengeful Murder Edgar Allan Poe is known for his dark, mysterious short stories; “The Cask of Amontillado” is a prime example of one of them. A main theme present in this story is revenge and that is constantly made known through the use of irony. This story is set in a European city in a year that was never clarified. In “The Cask of Amontillado” two main characters that are very different from one another experience a conflict at some point. During the story Poe describes their journey and…

Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” each follow a series of events that eventually leads to the narrator of “A Good Man is Hard to Find” being murdered and the narrator of “The Cask of Amontillado” murdering. “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is told from the grandmother of a family’s point of view and tells of the family making a trip to Florida. On the way, they turn onto a side road, crash their car, and are shot and killed by The Misfit…

In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, pride is to feel superior to something and is the sin of Montresor and Fortunato. Montresor has been insulted by Fortunato, and his pride drives him to be after revenge. He strategically manipulate Fortunato’s pride and guide him to his death with the assurance of tasting a imaginary cask of Amontillado. The theme of the short story is pride and in every part of the characters and their acts, Edgar Allan Poe associates pride with the downfall of…

to which he refers. And it shows that he is not a reliable narrator because of his tendency to exaggerate terribly. Montresor tries to convince the reader that his intentions are honorable in an effort to uphold his family motto "Nemo me impune lacessit" (No one insults me with…