...陳加恩 English Composition 12/03/2015 A summary of the Cast of Amontillado The protagonist (Montresor) narrates the story of a murder, happened half of century ago. The murder case is caused by an unspecified insult. In the time of carnival season, he perfectly seizes the opportunity to conduct the evil plot he prepares for a long time. Catch up with the emotion of festival, he found his friend Fortunato, the victim) with dizzy. To subdue his victim go to the trap, he opens a conversation with wine, which would be attractive to his friend. Without doubt, his friend is successfully subdued through the clever conversation. Then, they enter the catacomb, which is the grave for Fortunato too. During their proceeding, the protagonist constantly asks whether his friend needs return to ground or not. However, out of the passion to wine, he rejects to returning. Finally, they reach the end of the catacomb. The protagonist here uses the clever talk again that mentions another person who is an expert in tasting wine as well to trigger the victim’s emulative emotion so that his plot may be easier to success. Even being trapped, Fortunato is still flooded within his intoxication until the protagonist starts walling up a grave for him. Out of fear of death, he screams, cries, to try to browbeat his life-ender from trapping him there forever. At first, the murderer is scared of these horrible cries, however, after recognizing this is the final struggle of his friend, he scream back, and...
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...audience. It is a known fact that his short stories were on the dark impracticality side of the mind, with characters that were pathological killers. In “The Cast of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart,” Poe portrayed exceptional acts of madness, murders, and decay. In the case of “The Cast of Amontillado,” Poe’s character Montresor seemed mentally disturbed over a thousand injuries and an insult, obsessed with revenge. (1238). This demonstrated the instability or madness of Montresor mental well being. The individual here shows he was committing insanity by letting his emotions rule and not thinking logically. “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the person starts the story stating he is not mad which makes the reader sure of his mental illness. Eight nights he visits the bedroom of the old man, on the eighth night the eye opens; he grows furious as he looks at it and kills the old man. At the end of the story, his madness manifests into the form of the old man’s heart sounds. Illustrating he was insane before and after his killing of the old man. Montresor’s murder is careful calculated, and was illustrated with the trowel. Poe wrote he pulled a trowel from under the folds of his cloak, and he had stone and mortar ready beside Amstutz 2 the crypt before he lured Fortunato, his victim, to the catacombs (“The Cast” 1242-1243). The audience can obviously see that this homicide was premeditated. Fortunato had a long, slow death behind the bricked up wall. He did not suspect...
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...telling about the similarities and differences between the two short stories The Most Dangerous Game,by Richard Cornell, and The Cast of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe. There are two difference The Most Dangerous, the guy that died was into hunting and his death was not planned but in The Cast Amontillado, they had an interest in tasting fine wine and the death was planned. But they do have some similarities such as that one person has died in each story. In the two short stories there are a couple of differences between the two for example the settings are different The Most Dangerous Game is deep into the forest and The Cask of Amontillado is at a carnival. Another Example is that in The Most Dangerous Game the guy was killed by the rain forest in the The Cask of Amontillado the guy was killed by another person. The last example is that in The Most Dangerous Game the people had an interest in hunting and in The Cask of Amontillado the people had an interest in tasting fine wine. There are a couple examples on how the two stories are different. There are also some similarities too....
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...Short stories written in different time periods consist of many of the same styles/elements. The authors of these short stories have many hidden meaning behind their words. “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edger Allan Poe, the “Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and, “Cast of Amontillado” by Edger Allen Poe have similar styles such as, using symbolism to enhance and foreshadow the reading. The author in Cast of Amontillado uses symbolism through the meaning of the title its self “ Cast of Amontillado” since Amontillado mean wine, and in the story the plot mainly happen based on the characters drinking wine, I thought the name symbolizes the results/effects in an irony way or drinking wine in this story. Since the character lures the other character...
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...Symbolism in The Cask of Amontillado Symbols play an important part in literary works. Most stories are full of them, and each one adds detail and background to the story. Some of them are obvious, and others are hidden away like treasures waiting to be found. Edgar Allen Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado is full of all types of symbolism, some examples being the setting, clothing, and even the character names. The biggest symbol in the Cast of Amontillado is the cask itself. Not only is it something spoken of in the story, it is also mentioned in the title, showing its importance. Its dictionary meaning would be a large barrel like container used for storing liquids. However, in the story it means so much more. Symbols usually have connotative meanings as well, which have particular meanings based on the context. In this story, the cask’s connotative meaning is much more important than its denotative meaning. The cask was used to lure Fortunato to his death. The word cask shares the same root as casket, which is used to hold dead bodies for burial. While it did not hold Fortunato‘s body, it was the object that tricked Fortunato into falling into Montresor’s trap. This ended with Fortunato being buried alive, in what ended up being similar to a casket. The cask in this story is an example of a literary symbol, as a cask would not normally be associated with a casket. The meaning of the symbol was wholly established in the story....
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...The Burial Only bad things can come from drinking alcohol. Throughout Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" Montresor notices that Fortunado has been drinking a lot. Montresor tricks Fortunado into following him into the catacombs. Once they are down there Montresor chains and buries Fortunado alive. Fortunado makes himself an easy target because he likes to drink, he is foolish, and is too trusting. Fortunado likes to drink, so he is unaware of what may happen to him. Fortunado likes to laugh and have a good time with Montresor. "Ha! Ha! A very good joke indeed an excellent jest. We shall have many a rich laugh about it at the palazzo, he! he! he! Over our wine, he! he! he!" (p. 10, li. 81). Fortunado wants to go to the palazzo to...
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...Selfishness and revenge are woven through “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner like a fine silk thread, supporting the theme of death in each. In the short story, “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, the cause of death is never obviously revealed but lightly hinted upon Emily as the cause. “The Cask of Amontillado,” a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, the cause of death is revealed but no one knew the cause of Fortunato’s disappearance. These stories contain many differences as well as similarities ranging from imagery, symbolism, theme, and tone. The recognizable commonality of the two is the theme of death. Each of these stories portrays death, or murder, as a result of vengeance, revenge and betrayal. “The Cask of Amontillado” deals with the death of Fortunato and “A Rose for Emily” deals with the death of Homer and Emily. William Faulkner never admits that Emily is the cause of Homer’s death but gives the audience clues that suggest Emily was indeed responsible. Emily’s death seemed to be of natural causes (Faulkner, 1931, p 531). Edgar Allan Poe, in “The Cask of Amontillado” tells the audience of Montresor’s plot of revenge and murder of Fortunato. Betrayal and revenge are obvious throughout both stories. In “A Rose for Emily,” Emily first betrayed Homer after he did not take her for his wife after the whole town saw the two of them together. In “The Cask of Amontillado” betrayal is shown in Montresor’s actions, which...
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...I prefer reading tales of horror and Mystery. I however did not enjoy Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher.” I found most of the first few paragraphs lengthy with descriptions of the castle. This made it really hard for me to immerse myself in the story. The vocabulary was complicated at times and I found myself pausing to look up their meanings. This interruption furthered my confusion. I had to write the definitions in my text book and then re-read the passages. Once I did, I was able to grasp what Poe was actual trying to convey. The story is set in a gloomy deserted country side. The outside of the house was dark, and gloomy. As I read further I wanted to take refuge inside the home of Roderick. I was quick to find that...
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...Comparative Essay Final Michelle Rex LIT/210 8/17/12 There are so many stories that take twists and turns that you never realize where the story is heading. So many great authors have surprised us with stories of love and death. With writing a play or a short story there has to be key area that grabs the reader’s attention there have been many that have grabbed my attention but some so much more. When I compare the similarities of the two stories that I am about to write about they were written ages apart from each other but have so much in common to me. The stories are of young men who do something that is going to change their life for good and in the end could cause them to be known as an evil person. There are two men that I am about to write about that are going to make the decision of a life time and after they do there is no turning back to change what they did. The first story is of Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this is a story of where man is being tempted by evil and is contemplating making a vow to evil. Young Goodman Brown is going to go on a journey, on this journey he must leave behind his wife. Not only will Brown himself be challenged on the trip, but Faith is also troubled by sleeping alone and is “afeard of herself.” Because Faith is Brown's wife, she brings to mind an earthly union that on this night will be interrupted. Faith is “aptly named,” however, because on a different level she also represents his spiritual faith. This indicates...
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...By the time he kills the old man, the reader can only wonder what will happen next. But Poe merely continues to build one horrible act upon another, first with the matter-of-fact description of the dismemberment, followed by the burial beneath his floor. Just when the reader wonders if this--like "The Cask of Amontillado"--will feature a perfect crime, a knock on the door reveals the police, investigating a scream in the night. The combined madness, nervousness and guilty conscience reveals that the killer's act is not so...
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...Most literary authors use hidden symbolisms to encourage their readers’ creativity; some symbols are extremely apparent, while others are intentionally vague. An in depth analysis of Edgar Allen Poe’s character, Montressor, in “The Cast of Amontillado,” published in 1846, reveals Poe’s creative use of metaphors to expose his character’s troubled physiological condition which led to his horrific crime. Poe, through Montressor’s narrative, expects his inspired reader to develop into the character by subtle emerge obscure sub meaning use depth of subconscious each individual the his characters meticulously injects elements that clearly reflect process meaning thought, such as “nitre, chains, bones, and tiers of stone, clearly identify years of repressed contention, rage and vengeance -- cloud the readers true understanding. This Each represent very little explanation to cloud readers mind with exterior relevance instead of the true all of relevance of the tiers of stone, state in the use of and clouds the readers mind with imagery of chains, bones and tiers of stone. The symbolic meaning of the chain, detailed four separate times, clearly referenced by the narrator as, “a moment more and I had fettered him to the granite” (8), and “it was but the work of a few seconds to secure it” (8), reinforces the ease of undertaking to lock away and forget painful memories of consistent ridicule and belittlement. completely This The first at any cost . details the ease...
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...Gargano says that “Poe intends his readers to keep their powers of analysis and judgment ever alert;…” (178). Poe is not your average type of literary figure. He often uses personification, metaphors, and symbols in order to give hints at details that would otherwise be unknown. These type of tactics help to keep the readers on their toes, otherwise they would be subject to misinterpreting what they read. In particular, Poe was a profound user of irony in his short stories. Poe used irony to depict the errors in his characters’ ways of thinking and their actions. Stories such as “The Cask of Amontillado”, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, and “The Masque of the Red Death” are all short stories that convey this notion. It is my intention to, based on the evidence found and presented, to prove this point. Let us first look at how Poe’s use of irony proves this point in “The Cask of Amontillado.” . The setting of the events is an “evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season” (Poe, “Cask” 426). This setting alone is symbolic for in this time during a carnival, people dressed themselves in costumes, becoming for a short time something other than their normal selves. Both Fortunato and Montresor are outfitted. Fortunato is wearing “a tight-fitted parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells” (426). In short, his attire was much like that of a jester, a fool if you will. Montresor’s costume is that of “a mask of black silk and…a roquelaire…”...
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...A Glossary of Literary Devices Allegory A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, in which the name of the central character, Pilgrim, epitomizes the book's allegorical nature. Kay Boyle's story "Astronomer's Wife" and Christina Rossetti's poem "Up-Hill" both contain allegorical elements. Alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words. Example: "Fetched fresh, as I suppose, off some sweet wood." Hopkins, "In the Valley of the Elwy." Antagonist A character or force against which another character struggles. Creon is Antigone's antagonist in Sophocles' play Antigone; Teiresias is the antagonist of Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus the King. Assonance The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose, as in "I rose and told him of my woe." Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" contains assonantal "I's" in the following lines: "How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, / Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself." Character An imaginary person that inhabits a literary work. Literary characters may be major or minor, static (unchanging) or dynamic (capable of change). In Shakespeare's Othello, Desdemona is a major character, but one who is static, like the minor character Bianca. Othello...
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...www.GetPedia.com * More than 500,000 Interesting Articles waiting for you . * The Ebook starts from the next page : Enjoy ! * Say hello to my cat "Meme" Easy PDF Copyright © 1998,2003 Visage Software This document was created with FREE version of Easy PDF.Please visit http://www.visagesoft.com for more details The Oxford Guide to English Usage CONTENTS Table of Contents =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Title Page TITLE EDITION Edition Notice Notices NOTICES CONTENTS Table of Contents Introduction FRONT_1 FRONT_2 Grammatical Terms Used in This Book Abbreviations FRONT_3 Word Formation 1.0 abbreviations 1.1 -ability and -ibility 1.2 -able and -ible 1.3 ae and oe 1.4 American spelling 1.5 ante- and anti- 1.6 -ant or ant 1.7 a or an 1.8 -ative or -ive 1.9 by- prefix 1.10 c and ck 1.11 capital or small initials 1.12 -cede or -ceed 1.13 -ce or -se 1.14 co- prefix 1.15 doubling of final consonant 1.16 dropping of silent -e 1.17 -efy or -ify 1.18 -ei or -ie- 1.19 en- or in- 1.20 -er and -est 1.21 -erous or -rous 1.22 final vowels before suffixes 1.23 for- and fore- 1.24 f to v 1.25 -ful suffix 1.26 hyphens 1.27 -ified or -yfied 1.28 in- or un- 1.29 i to y 1.30 -ize and -ise 1.31 l and ll 1.32 -ly 1.33 -ness 1.34 -or and -er 1.35 -oul- 1.36 -our or -or 1.37 Easy PDF Copyright © 1998,2003 Visage Software This document was created with FREE version of Easy PDF.Please visit http://www.visagesoft.com for more...
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...cover next page > title author publisher isbn10 | asin print isbn13 ebook isbn13 language subject publication date lcc ddc subject : : : : : : : : : : : cover next page > < previous page page_i next page > Page i 1100 Words You Need to Know Fourth Edition Murray Bromberg Principal Emeritus Andrew Jackson High School, Queens, New York Melvin Gordon Reading Specialist New York City Schools . . . Invest fifteen minutes a day for forty-six weeks in order to master 920 new words and almost 200 useful idioms < previous page page_i next page > < previous page page_ii next page > Page ii © Copyright 2000 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc. Prior edition © Copyright 1993, 1987, 1971 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microfilm, xerography, or any other means, or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of the copyright owner. All inquiries should be addressed to: Barron's Educational Series, Inc. 250 Wireless Boulevard Hauppauge, NY 11788 http://www.barronseduc.com Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 00-030344 International Standard Book Number 0-7641-1365-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bromberg, Murray. 1100 words you need to know / Murray Bromberg, Melvin Gordon. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-7641-1365-8 1. Vocabulary. I. Title: Eleven hundred words you need...
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