Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
Somehow, this made the story illustrate Fortunato's character and somehow has given me some thoughts on Fortunato's character, reasoning why Montresor bears bitterness to Fortunato.
The next scene in the story is the place where the crime will happen, at the catacombs of the Montresors, a place underneath the Montresor palazzo and where a lot of deceptions and verbal ironies were suggested. This includes the concern to Fortunato's health that Montresor shown behind the fact that he means harm to Fortunato. Another irony during the nearing death of Fortunato was the fact that he was wearing a funny costume of a court jester and yet he was unsuspecting that Montresor is already making a "fool" out of him. Moreover, the fact that Fortunato was the one who unknowingly insisted to go to the place of his death is a painful and yet humorous irony of the story.
Overall, The Cask of Amontillado is a blend...
It can effectively arouse a reader's emotion whether to laugh at Fortunato or to pity him. However, in the character of Montresor, a reader can feel nothing but fear of his eerie nature that seems to be out of a normal psychological behavior. The settings and tone in the characters' words all contributed in providing effect to every scene in the story. The first part of the story where Montresor was revealing his anger and wanting for revenge was already effective, stimulating a reader's curiosity on what will happen next.
Perhaps, Edgar Allan Poe meant the story as a lesson to his time where aristocracy can sometimes cause troubles to others. The story shows how a lower class can feel, and can do to the unrelenting upper class that abuses power.
Reference
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Cask of Amontillado (Text). http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/works/cask_amo.html
Reference
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Cask of Amontillado (Text). http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/works/cask_amo.html
Edgar Allen Poes story "The Cask Amontillado" You write, setting, theme story, point veiw, plt, language signifagace story. THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO Edgar Allan Poe (1846) THE thousand injuries Fortunato I borne I, ventured insult I vowed revenge. Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" - analysis Edgar Allen Poe's 1846 short story "The Cask of Amontillado" puts across an account involving a vindictive character who tries to reinforce his self-esteem by luring
Cask of Amontillado and Unreliable Narrator Mental Disorder and Poe's Unreliable Narrator Edgar Allan Poe is most known for his fascinating tales of the macabre and grotesque. Many of Poe's short tales are told from an unreliable perspective in which the narrator tells the events that have occurred as he interprets them. Furthermore, these tales of the macabre often explore the concepts of paranoia and murder. These themes are prevalent in "The
.. They are neither man nor woman- They are neither brute nor human- They are Ghouls..." Graham's (2003) analysis of "Bells" show that Poe intentionally creates different categories of bells in order to illustrate the various emotional states individuals have had experienced in their life. She argues that the poem "not only...powerfully convey emotional effects to...readers, but also makes readers subconsciously convey those effects with facial expressions...," a characteristic found more
Cask of Amontillado" Edgar Allen Poe uses a number of elements to increase the shock value of the murder perpetrated by Montresor. The victim is Fortunato, whom Montresor attempts until the very end to convince of nothing but his own friendship and goodwill. There are several elements of setting and situation that aid Montresor in his intention to murder Fortunato. The shock value of this event is further enhanced
killer and his victim has been one of the most enduring topics throughout horror and suspense fiction, and it is this relationship which ties together three ostensibly distinct stories: Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find," Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been," and Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado." In each case, the majority of the story consists of the killer
The only exception here is "The Black Cat" narrator who initially is very sympathetic and then becomes increasingly insane as he indulges in alcohol. His wife is extremely sympathetic and likeable, and so, he murders her, as if to punctuate the fact that he is insane. A woman in the stories might have detracted from the central themes of madness, murder, and mayhem, but each characters is lonely (even