For this art assignment, I have chosen the famous painting American Gothic by Grant Wood. The subject matter of this painting is a middle aged couple standing in front of a farm, the man is holding a pitchfork. While the woman is looking off in the distance of the man the facial expressions of the couple looks serous as if they are unhappy with their marriage. In the background of the of the painting is a house with a gothic style window hinting the name American Gothic for the painting. Grant Wood
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Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is a story told by an unreliable narrator, Montresor. The narrator tells of his devious plan and insanity that lead to the murder of his enemy, Fortunato. However, despite Montresor’s apparent bitterness, the two could’ve worked something out, avoiding the unnecessary death of Fortunato. Our first impression of the main character and narrator, Montresor, is that he is cunning and unreliable. When he speaks of what Fortunato had supposedly done to him,
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Raegan Stevens Mr. Musick/ Mrs. Lynch ENG10 October 30, 2017 The Cask of the Amontillado Theme Essay The Cask of the Amontillado is a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe. The story has two main characters, Fortunado and Montresor. It all starts when Fortunado dishonors the Montresor name. Montresor hears of this and is furious. Montresor decides he must have revenge. Since there is a town party, he tells the house staff he will be gone all evening, and he wishes for them to stay
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The story, Tell Tale Heart, is about a man, the narrator, committing a crime. The crime involves an old man that he liked very much. But his eye, his “pale blue eye” as he called it. There was something about it that infuriated him. It infuriated him enough that he killed thee man. The motives of the man (The Narrator) were not clear towards the beginning of the story, he admitted he had a hatred for the man’s eye but you couldn’t identify he would have murdered him yet. The man tried denying the
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Montresor character analysis Montresor is a truly astounding character. He is a part of the Freemasons and has a very long, reputable, family history. The Montresor family has a motto, “Nemo me immune lacessit”, and this motto could not represent Mr Montresor better. Though “The Cask of Amontillado” is short, one can feel as if they've gotten to know Montresor quite well. This is because we are introduced to him in a time of his life where we can see all aspects of his personality. Despite this
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In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “Cask of Amontillado”, Fortunato is preyed upon by narrator, Montresor. Fortunato has “injured” Montresor more times than enough. Due to his actions, Fortunato places himself in a life-ending predicament. Fortunato’s plight is applied to represent more general concerns of humanity. The first sentence of the story reads, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.” As mentioned previously, it
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Anger is a very strong emotion that can make people do things they regret. In Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" the story begins when Fortunato plays a prank on Montresor. He is tired of being pranked, so he vows revenge. At a party Montresor tricks Fortunato into following him to his catacombs where he later buries him alive. Fortunato makes himself an easy target because he is an alcoholic, persistent, and believes he is the best wine taster. First, due to the fact that Fortunato is
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The tell tale heart,the animation was I think the best out of the two. It had many details in the animation than that live action. Like when the police came into the house there where three instead of two. Like in the animation it shows the way to the house and what it looks like. Also the story tells more details but the animation shows what happed. Some of the narration is different in the animation and the live action. Also how at the end the killer starts hallucinating buy the live action did
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“The Pit and The Pendulum”, is a short story about an unknow man who received a death threat from the Spanish Inquisition. During 1843, this man was thrown into a locked dungeon with no escape, for his beliefs. No matter where what country or city you live in, everywhere on earth should have freedom of religion and beliefs. No one should even be punished for what they believe, every place in the world should have this law and obey it correctly. The reality of this story is he was thrown into a
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Egg Horror Poem What is an egg’s greatest fear, Laurel Winter the author of “Egg Horror Poem”, writes about the eggs expressing a form of fear, and showing the likes of Personification. The story also shows a series of Repetition which is repeated over and over, and Diction is also shown when the eggs make movement in their compartments. The story starts off with the eggs in the cold, dark of the fridge huddling in their carton. Which “in the cold, in the dark” (line 35-36, 44-45) is a form of
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