there is another type of pride which is corrosive to the narrator. This pride corrupts causing a person to become arrogant and shortsighted. This is a flaw is apparent in the narrators of many short stories. (Thesis) ***Montressor in “The Cask of Amontillado” is extremely arrogant, which led him to kill Fortunato. (Topic) Montressor is on a the path of vengeance to kill Fortunato. Montressor's motivation to do this is (intro) “THE thousand injuries” (212)
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Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” revolves around the vengeful Montresor, who after being insulted by his friend Fortunato one too many times, decides to retaliate. He does so by manipulating Fortunato into following him deep into his underground vaults in order to trap and entomb behind a wall of quickly placed cement. At first glance, this story reads as a straightforward, disturbing tale of revenge. However, when looking deeper at the actions of the character and the ironic
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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
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Examine some of the ways Poe presents horror in ‘The Cask of Amontillado’. Poe presents horror extremely vividly in ‘The Cask of Amontillado’, in variety of ways. One of the ways he does this is through using words such as ‘...revenge...’ This sets a very spooky and unsettling atmosphere right at the beginning of the story, telling readers it will be full of horror. Another way Poe presents horror is through describing how Montresor wants to ‘…punish with impurity.’ This creates an intense feeling
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irony, are used heavily in a variety of short stories to give the story flavor and make it more appealing to the reader. In The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe, The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst, and My Oedipus Complex by Frank O’Connor, all types of irony are used to create foreshadowing, justify the action of characters, and create humor. In The Cask of Amontillado, Montresor seeks to get revenge on Fortunato, since Fortunato has supposedly wronged Montresor in some way. Throughout Montresor’s
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Part Two: Introduction Topic: What happened after the story ended in “The Cask Of Amontillado” Fifty years ago, Monstressor murdered Fortunato one night in a catacomb. Unknown to either of them, Fortunato’s six year old boy watched as the entire crime unfolded. So young and weak, he dare not say anything, as who would believe the tales of such a young boy? As the boy grew, he lived a full life had had a daughter, named Clara, in the process. Now, he lay in a bleak hospital, dying, with Clara
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Murder is never tolerable, no matter the motive. In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor, the narrator of the story, explains that a friend, named Fortunato, had wronged him many times. In response to this, Montresor lures Fortunato into the catacombs in promise of an expensive wine, but instead murders him. Montresor’s actions in the story are not justified, as Fortunato couldn’t have done anything that terrible, his actions were morally wrong and illegal, and there are multiple
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The Cask of Ammontillado Nowadays we hear about missing persons and different murders every day. It seems like nothing is left unsaid. But is there in fact happening a lot left unsaid, as in “The Cask og Ammontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe? This text is written with a first person point of view “I continued, as was my wont..” p. 28 l.12. We are seeing everything through Montresor’s eyes, and he directly relates his experiences. The story is based on a lot of dialogue and Montressor’s thoughts
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The Cask of Amontillado “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig 2 graves,” by Confucius. In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”, the description of one of the character’s, Montresor, wants to get revenge on his “friend”. The title caught my eye, because it was a unique title. It was unique because it had the word Amontillado sounded haunting to me. I wondered where it came from. The author, Edgar Allan Poe gives a really good message in the story. I learned that even if you are stressed
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Insanity in Literature 11 February 2015 “The Presence of a Motive in ‘The Cask of Amontillado’” In many countries, the highest offense one can commit is insulting the family of another, as family is a strong source of history and pride. Conflicts between families have fueled many a feud or violent campaign, and insult is never left to injury; action must be taken. In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” the narrator, Montresor, does not appear explicitly insane, as many would
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