The Cask of Amontillado

“The Cask of Amontillado” is a poetic tale of an exemplary murder told by Edgar Allan Poe. As a vicious, murderous man, Montresor may be considered to be an unsympathetic character. However, after a close examination of Montresor’s characteristics and personality, it may be concluded that there are many traits that may be reflected on readers, traits which reside along with more uncommon characteristics. The man who Montresor murders, Fortunato, experiences the wrath of these characteristics…

initiates the want for revenge. In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, the protagonist, Montresor, is wronged by his friend Fortunato. Although what Fortunato did is unknown, Montresor seeks extreme revenge. Fortunato is completely blindsided by this as he did not know he was in the wrong. A character analysis of Montresor reveals the theme of desire for revenge through exploitation of Fortunato. Montresor’s first way of exploitation…

Edgar Allan Poe is one of history most prolific and more peculiar authors. His down trodden characters and wise tales are still as spine tingling today as they were upon their conception. “In The Cask of Amontillado”, the main character Montresor gives the reader an example of a character that wholly represents what a socio/psycho-path is. The story is very short compared to most other gothic writers’ work, but nevertheless is more synonymous with the term “contemporary killer” than most gothic…

Tell-Tale Heart” has created a new genre with psychopaths that to this day are still used in movies like, The Joker in “The Dark Knight” and even in TV series like “Murdoch Mysteries”, with James Gillies . Poe’s genius writing is shown in “A Cask of Amontillado and “The Tell-Tale Heart”. However, “The Tell-Tale Heart left me agape at the end of the story. Now, I’m going to share with you the best short story I have ever read. I loved the old man, said the narrator, right before he decided to…

Analysis of “The Lottery” and “The Cask of Amontillado” Psychoanalytic theory is based on Freud’s idea that we can realise what does person’s thinks and feels if we look at what he or she perceives in his mind (Psychoanalytic Criticism (1930's-present)). Moreover, it follows that by analysing one of the author’s characters we are really analysing the author itself. We do not need to believe this as a whole. We believe based on experience and on some Psychological theories, that the main…

American Romanticism. Authors began to flourish in new ideas to help build what is known today as the American identity. These authors who helped established this were Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe. “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Cask of Amontillado,” short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe, respectively, illustrate protagonists on journeys to fulfill their own desires. Utilizing the literary devices setting and guilt, Hawthorne and Poe create stories where a…

This led him to make references to these experiences in “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “The Cask of Amontillado”, and “The Masque of the Red Death”. Poe continuously refers to the awful disease that took so many of his loved ones’ lives. In the short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, Poe refers to disease in saying that Roderick Usher had a “mental…

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe and been well presented both teams had accurate information to prove whose character was more disturbing than the others. A Rose for Emily is about a character who kills her husband and sleeps with him till her death. As for The Cask of Amontillado this short story is about a friend who gets out of control and kills his friend however, he plans the murder and finds the best way to have his friend suffer. The team representing The Cask of Amontillado had…

and spice his work with description, adding repetition to make a point. When it comes to style, Poe leans more toward a terror style of writing, but he still uses his work to express his views on conflicts such as racism and slavery. “The Cask of Amontillado” is one of Poe’s spine-tingling short stories. The story is about revenge and death. Poe includes irony in almost every line, making the story more twisted and creepy. His tone and word choice sounds elegant, making it more scary. Here’s a…

from these attributes with civilizations, art, and advanced forms of arithmetic and philosophy. These advances only mask these attributes found within us, and Edgar Allen Poe is able to express our true humanity through his literary works. The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allen Poe, emphasizes how human attributes found in everyone can lead to inhumane actions. When analyzing the work through New Criticism, we see the authors success in conveying his meaning through his usage of literary tools,…