The Cask of Amontillado

Nobody thinks that it will happen to them, yet many people will find themselves as the victim of some type of criminal deception within the next year. According to the American Psychological Association, an estimate of 30 million Americans become the victims of fraud each year, whether that be by losing their retirement savings to a deceitful financial advisor or falling for an internet scam (Miller). Not all the world’s crooked people use their clever trickery with the intent for financial gain…

dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before,” wrote Edgar Allan Poe in his Gothic poem “The Raven.” Poe, born in 1809, was an American gothic poet and writer, who penned short stories such as “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Also among his oeuvre are the poems “Annabel Lee,” and “The Raven,” along with many other works. Poe’s gothic literature is infused with examples of macabre diction and advanced syntax. Poe is known worldwide…

Montresor and The Misfit Comparing and analyzing Montresor (from Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado) and the Misfit (from O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find) in terms of character development, conflict, and motivation can be a task in itself. In terms of character development, there are similarities and differences between the two characters. At first glance, Montresor, the protagonist, appears to have assumed a murderous and psychopathic character. This is not really surprising, he can also be…

“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe has fascinated readers ever since it was published in 1846. The majority of readers have spent time trying to figure out why Montresor murdered Fortunato, and whether he was in his right mind or if he was insane. According to Sigmund Freud, there are three different parts to a person’s personality: the id, the ego, and the superego. By using these we are able to pick apart Montresor’s personality using what Poe has given us as evidence. The “id” is…

In stories, such as The Wolves in the Walls and The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country, visuals and illustrations play an important role in conveying some of the themes and providing connections with the characters we otherwise would not have. Though they both take advantage of illustrations, the visuals of the two are very different. In The Wolves in the Walls the visuals are made up of a mix of pictures, paintings, and pen drawings. This type of visual provides us with a look into the world of the…

Everything started when Fortunato insults Montresor, making him very angry and eager to get revenge. Montresor carefully plans a revenge that took place in the carnival eve. Montresor leads Fortunato to his catacombs by telling him that he had a cask of Amontillado for him to taste. Eventually, deep in the catacombs Montresor finally carries out his revenge against Fortunato. Everyone wants different things in life, some will go ahead and take an extra step to get what they want, only very…

The classic, honored, and gothic genre author, Edgar Allan Poe is known for his famous works like The Raven, A Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, Annabel Lee, and The Cask Amontillado. Some of these stories and poems style could have been influenced by Poe’s past. Before Poe even turned three both of his parents, two professional actors, died. From there he was taken in by Frances and John Allan in Richmond, Virginia. Thenceforth, he was sent to the best boarding schools and later…

reoccurs throughout Poe’s life. Almost everybody Poe cared for abandoned him or died. When the narrator of “The Cask of Amontillado” locks Fortunato deep within the catacombs and leaves him to die, the narrator enacts a very personal form of abandonment. When the narrator chains his victim to the wall, the victim doesn’t even bother to fight: “he was too much astounded to resist” (Cask 18). The narrator takes the time to lay a brick wall in front of the room that holds his victim. The slowly…

animal. The animal belonged to a sailor and that the animal escaped holding a knife seeing light inside the room and killing them both. CASK OF AMONTILLADO There were two men, Fortunato and Montresor who were meeting in the evening of spring of the streets of Paris were talking and Montresor suggested that Fortunato come to his vaults to try his new wine, Amontillado. However Montresor disliked…

Reverse psychology serves as a theme in The Cask of Amontillado by creating a sense of trickery and deception every time the narrator is using that method of persuasion on the drunken soul of Fortunato which happens constantly throughout the book. For an example on page 43 it states, “...Come, we will go back ere it is too late. Your cough --” “It is nothing, “ he said; “let us go on. But first, another draught of the Medoc”. This quote connects to a larger idea of manipulation because the…