The Cask of Amontillado

“The Cask of Amontillado” is one of Edgar Allan Poe’s best known horror stories. Poe tells the horrific events that added up to Fortunato’s death. Throughout the story, Poe uses dramatic, situational, and verbal irony, as well as foreshadowing to create suspense. These elements are present to show the characterization of Montresor as a clever and cruel killer. The irony throughout “The Cask of Amontillado” reveals the characterization of Montresor. Dramatic irony is found throughout the entire…

I had only been drinking for the past couple hours when someone spoke about amontillado. This put a smile on my face because long had I wanted some wine. The man I speak of, I believed because he had not given me a reason to disbelieve. Yet I did have my doubts and I made it well known, mostly because I speak my thoughts when under the influence. I am a man of power and therefore I want the wine for myself, I told everyone to go how and not leave their residence until the break of dawn. I…

his revenge to kill him. Throughout this story Montresor plans to get his vengeance on Fortunato, for the horrible act that Fortunato has done to him. From beginning to end, “The Cask of Amontillado,” shows great examples of literary devices that are proven throughout the paper. Without question, “The Cask of Amontillado,” demonstrates the effective use of foreshadowing, irony, and suspense. There was plenty of examples of foreshadowing where you could tell what was going to happen next.…

Edgar Allan Poe delineates how the protagonist character, Montresor, creates the perfect murder throughout his short story, The Cask of Amontillado. For years Fortunato,who is a very respected and prideful wine critic, clashed with Montresor. Their rivalry would irritate and exasperate Montresor from time to time, but he still attempted to simply ignore the injuries caused by Fortunato. It was not until Fortunato completely insulted him, that he felt the need to seek for revenge. Montresor…

story The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. Montresor is immoral because he does not care that he is doing something wrong while he is burying Fortunato alive and building a wall trapping him in the catacombs. He does not know that he is doing something terribly wrong all he knows is that he is avenging everything that Fortunato had done to him. Montresor is also determined to kill Fortunato. Montresor is determined to kill Fortunato that he led him in with a dry, sherry called…

[or she] will have many motives for trying to control the impression they receive of the situation” (199). This is due to his or her intentions to have a positive effect on the audience. By applying this thought of Goffman in the story “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allan Poe, we can analize the purpose for Montressor to present himself in a subtle way when he meets with Fortunato. Goffman explains how people, like Fortunato, “can rely on assumptions as to the persistence…

Edgar Allen Poe is famous for his poems and short stories; particularly his dark, mysterious horror stories. What makes his stories so chilling, captivating, and powerful is his technique of using irony. In “The Cask of Amontillado”, various kinds of irony are on display from beginning to end in this illusive tale through the characters, Montresor and Fortunato. Poe emphasizes on three different types of irony in this story to heighten the reader’s engagement: verbal, dramatic, and situational…

and state governments which possess their own courts due to fedelarism. The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe This enticing short story reveals the escalation aspect of simplistic actions in this world going wrong and resulting to the vile side of humans and in this point, murder. Although it’s just a factor for the antagonist to reach his goal, the title foreshadows vital sections of this story. The Amontillado reveals to be the lure in which the antagonist (whom his name goes…

Although "The Cask of Amontillado" avoids one of the stamps of the Gothic, a ghostlike occurrence or agent in the story, Poe includes enough Gothic elements to put this story squarely in that tradition. A staple Gothic element is the setting, which is usually a run-down, mysterious castle, monastery or chateau. In this case, the setting is underground in the Montresor catacombs underneath Montresor's chateau--a damp, claustrophobic passageway, dripping with nitre from its proximity to a water…

When exacting revenge, a person’s character can come into question. In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe this is the very question that seems to be answered with not just a glimpse inside the thoughts of Montresor, who is the guilty party in question, but giving readers the ability to see it all play out from his eyes. The whole story of his revenge is based upon the assumption that Fortunato, his oblivious arch-nemesis, at one point, scorned him so badly that he had to take great…