The Cask of Amontillado

"So come down with me to the shore, and what's more, I adore you," La Dispute lyrically sings, which seems to mirror some of the major works of Edgar Allen Poe perfectly. A celebrated poet and author, he led quite an interesting life and maintained some of the darker themes of his life in his works, ranging from the popular "The Tell Tale Heart" to lesser-known works such as "Alone". However, the true art found within his poems is how beautifully they are able to show some of his innermost…

comments show more to the reader than they initially appear to. One place where this occurs is when Mr. Montresor first confronts Fortunato. He encounters Fortunato in the middle of the carnival and he tells his “friend” that he has just came by some Amontillado, a rare fine wine. He tricks Fortunato into following him knowing that he is a lover of fine wine. He tells Fortunato “My friend, no. It is not the engagement, but the severe cold with which I perceive you are afflicted. The vaults are…

Achilles was a very handsome and heroic man. He had a lot of scars from all of his battles that he has had. He was very tall around 6’4”. He wanted nothing but to kill hector and to leave him there to be eaten by the dogs and birds. He went to kill Hector and nothing was going to change his mind he was ready and very prepared. He had his reasons for wanting to kill Hector and Hector knew that. My thoughts were that Achilles had been holding onto this feeling for a very…

The Drastic Life of Edgar Allan Poe Having a traumatic life, losing his birth parents at a young age, Edgar Allan Poe made something better of himself, he became a writer. Edgar Allan Poe born on January 19,1809 lived a harsh life, at the age of three he lost his parents, who were traveling actors. Soon after he was adopted by John Allan, who was a prosperous tobacco merchant in Virginia and his wife Frances. Poe had two siblings, William Henry Leonard Poe and Rosalie Poe who went off to live…

Being accused by the sin that you did not do is definitely a hard thing. A hard thing to accept, a hard thing to admit. But how can you help yourself, how can you defend yourself if you are totally innocent... The life of Edmond Dantes also known as The Count of Monte Cristo is definitely admirable. Though his life starts by being down. At first he is a man who knows nothing. A man who follows. A man full of love. But sooner his heart is filled with hatred. His mind only says "REVENGE".…

Maybe it would be best if you imagined your fancy bids, assuming it will be, because certainly I do not meet you all, in this story of the one who walk away from Omelas. Ursula K. Le Guin is simply invites you to become its main character. How could you accept or reject this malicious application? It is quite simple to accept, to read about it, and deny it to land in the effort. the city of joy, your own Omelas, continuously develops in your head. it's nice, the image of the bay…

Edgar Allen Poe uses his words to describe a very moody and kind of dark places to tell his stories. And it gives everything a dark future its like he does not believe in the good things around him but only the bad. Always has something bad to say, nothing happy. Maybe its because he had a rough childhood. "THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge." It remind of when someone makes a pun towards your broken body part and…

It's crunch time for Jonathon Hunter. The Darkness War has begun. His nightmares led him to the edge of Death, waiting for Darkness. Prophesy will not be denied, and the nightmare seemed to suggest all would go black. But is a nightmare something you can really rely on after all? And when you've seen the future, is that all there is? Does it have to go that way? Finding out the truth can sometimes be worse than your worst nightmare ever was. The biggest fleet since Jutland is ready to fight the…

Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you look today. But I have received a pipe of what passes for amontillado, and I have my doubts.” “how? "I remarked I was shocked at what a man as nice as he would have to say about wine, my trade. ”AMontillado? A pipe? iMpossible! And in the middle of the carnival! " "I have my doubts and I was silly enough to pay the full amontillado of the price without consulting you in the matter. You are not to be found and I was fearful of losing a…

Have you ever been mad at somebody and tried to get revenge on them? Well in the book Burger Wuss, this is exactly what happens. The main character in the book is Jake, and he will seek revenge on his ex-girlfriend. In this journal, I will be connecting, questioning, and predicting. I think that Jake getting back at Jen relates to me trying to get back at my dad. I think these are similar because Jake is not trying to hurt Jen he is just trying to get back at her. This is a lot like when I…