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¶ … Fiction in Edgar Allan Poe's the Cask of Amontillado
This paper presents a detailed examination of one of Edgar Allan Poe's works. The writer of this paper uses The Cask of Amontillado to illustrate how the elements of fiction can be used in works of literature. There was one source used to complete this paper.
THE ELEMENTS OF FICTION
Throughout our history, authors of literary works have strived to provide their readers with stories that are concise as well as structured. Works of fiction, often times have to be more structured and believable than non-fiction so that it can be taken to heart as a story that may actually happen.
In Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado he uses all the elements of fiction to bring his story alive. If the story were missing some of the elements it would fall short of being a believable and viable work of fiction. Each element holds an importance in the story and creates a dimension that creates a life of its own.
In all fiction, including the one being analyzed here there must be several elements to qualify as a successful work of fiction. There must be plot, characters, and settings. There are many sub-elements to the three main...
In this particular work the elements are cleverly interwoven to create another of Poe's classic masterpieces of fiction. The plot is clearly illustrated to exact revenge upon the antagonist of the story. While the plot takes many twists and turns it is the very unpredictability of it that makes it a classic piece of work. While the reader is led into the tomb like halls the narrator never makes clear, his plan of action. It is the most gripping type of plot because it takes the reader by surprise even when the reader felt that they were following the story with a clear-cut understanding from the beginning.
The plot was to get the enemy to go back far enough into the tombs that he could be sealed in forever without any chance of escape or anyone hearing his cries for help. It was a plot that worked its way around the ego of the antagonist because of his love for wine and it used many different angles and aspects of fiction to make the characters perform. The plot is extremely believable because of the ego stroking that is done. May people have met someone who is so sure of himself that he believes the rest of the…
Works Cited
Poe, Allan, Edgar. The Cask of Amontillado (Mass Market Paperbacks, 1990).
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