The Cask of Amontillado

revenge is a destructive and violent response to being angry. It is a misguided way to change shame into pride. Sometimes revenge can lead to being taken advantage of by someone else or it can lead to regret. For example, in the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Poe revenge worked by preying weakness and revenge ended up leading to regret. Body Paragraph #1: Montresor wants to get revenge but he “must not only punish, but punish with impunity” (Poe pg.117). Montresor continued to smile…

In the story “The Cask of Amontillado” the purpose of first person narration was to understand the protagonist’s evil intention when trying to seek revenge on Fortunato. Montressor showed signs of being nice, caring, and full of positive energy towards Fortunato in the story to get him where he wanted. Having the story in first person made it so the audience would be able to know that Montressor’s evil emotion never changed throughout the story. Another reason would be to better demonstrate the…

In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” The first narrator, Montresor starts the story off by vowing to sech revenge on Fortunato “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured with insult I vowed revenge” Montresor waits for the perfect opportunity to punish Fortunato with impunity. It was carnival season for the town. People dressed in costumes and flocked the streets with dancing, drinking and cheerful celebrations. This was the perfect opportunity…

Argumentative Essay: The Cask of Amontillado Psychopath "In a place filled with tears, they are looking for the man that had none." These are the words of John Katzenberg. ("Quotes") The narrator, Montresor, from The Cask of Amontillado is a man of no tears, otherwise known as a psychopath. While acting caring and friendly, the narrator is in fact cunning and eccentric, and lacks real emotion or guilt. He was prefect at planning every tiny detail of Fortunato's demise. He did this without any…

In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, vengeance is served. Two friends; Montresor and Fortunato, destinies are determined in two ways revenge and murder. In the story, Poe uses a feeling of betrayal to build a mysterious and seductive character. In fact, throughout the story, the reader slowly realizes that Montresor is an unreliable narrator; that whatever insult Fortunato committed is probably imagined or exaggerated. It is certain that Fortunato has no idea of Montresor's anger,…

the them will end up chasing after revenge. In the narrative, “The Cask of Amontillado” the main character, Montresor seeks revenge against a man who has insulted him. Leading him down into his palazzo under the guise of a cask of rare wine, the soon to be victim, Fortunato is completely unaware of his own imminent demise as the two wander deeper and deeper into the basement. Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” uses dark sensory detail and insidious dialogue to create a…

Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” tells the journey of Fortunato, a blubbering drunk dressed as a jester, and Montresor, a man craving retribution. Montresor’s revenge comes to sweep life from under Fortunato’s feet in the form of a brick wall. In what begins as a lively venture to find a Cask of Amontillado, a delicious wine, quickly changes to a purely evil plot. Poe uses Montresor’s vision of the future and Fortunato’s blindness to the situation to create the theme of…

possibly become a reality. A dream and a goal are both being attempted by two men who are unware that there is a conflict within themselves. Man vs. self is shown with the character Walter, from A Raisin the Sun and also with Montresor in “The Cask of Amontillado”. Man versus himself is depicted as an internal conflict in which the character struggles against himself. According to Power point 1, internal conflict is an inner struggle that a character faces. Walter had his mind set on…

the narrator in the short story of the Cask of Amontillado is Montresor. The story is told from the first-person point of view who is the protagonist and in the beginning of the story, the reader has introduced their antagonist named Fortunato who Montresor wants revenge on. Montresor meets Fortunato who had a couple of glasses of wine at a carnival. The narrator sets a trap that Fortunato walks into because Montresor tells Fortunato that he has Amontillado a type of dry sherry wine. Montresor…

In the cask of amontillado, Dramatic irony enhances the story by creating a strong sense Of suspense and tension. This is because of the readers knowledge over Fortunato. We know that Montresor had plotted to murder him. As the story progresses, the suspense builds for the reader thanks to the good use of dramatic irony. When the story begins, the 2 men meet at the carnival where Montresor will attempt to induce Fortunato to go for a taste of his amontillado. "As you are engaged, I am on my way…