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¶ … 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 by the motive, which appears petty at best. Perhaps it says something of Montresor's nature that he is motivated by nothing better than an unspecified insult to murder a man by enclosing him alive behind a stone wall. Throughout the story Poe shows how the setting, situation, and Fortunato's own flawed nature contribute to his murder.
The most devious method that Montresor uses to lure Fortunato to his eventual death is the pretense of his continued friendship. Fortunato's own trusting nature is a further catalyst for the success...
Poe shoes that Montresor, despite his outrage and his desire for revenge, continues to show friendship towards Fortunato. The former succeeds well in this because of his own mental position: "I continued ... To smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my to smile now was at the thought of his immolation." This pretense as well as Fortunato's trusting nature then contribute to the ease with which Montresor lures him to the night of his death.
Several elements of situation furthermore aids Montresor in his aim on the particular night the he chooses for Fortunato's murder. The carnival is the most important element that gives rise to the events that follow. Because of this, Fortunato is perhaps more inebriated than would otherwise have been the case. Furthermore, Montresor has ensured the absence of his servants during this particular night. This is combined with both Fortunato's relative innocence and his pride in his…
references to the latter's expertise in matters of culture and art, and by offering him more wine. When they reach their destination, both Fortunato and the reader find that the "pipe" of Amontillado was in fact to be Fortunato's final resting-place -- the cask. The depth of Montresor's cruelty and deception then shows itself in the last lines of the story, where he echoes with relish Fortunato's final cries of despair.
The title of Poe's story then reflects Montresor's true intentions, even as the speaker himself does, from the beginning. His actions throughout the story shows him to be a cruel and perhaps even petty man, murdering a so-called friend for a reason no better than an insult. This is also indicative of Montresor's value system and state of mind, which is as dark as the catacombs and the niche in which he eventually buries Fortunato alive. Poe thus succeeds in shocking his readers through his use of the dark and foreboding setting, which is then echoed in the mind and actions of the narrator.
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
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Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe uses vivid dialogue to give his characters life. He begins his tale by speaking directly to the reader. He pulls the reader in by saying that "You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat" (Poe, 191). The reader knows that the main character is speaking to him. And the reader understands
However, we get no inclination that Fortunato is in any way better situated than Montressor -- only that he has insulted him. Montressor's vanity has been stricken, and he will strike back. But there is the sense in Iago that he wants something the Moor has -- whether it is power, Desdemona, ability, etc. There is a look in his eye, a sound in his speech, a hint in his
Cask of Amontillado to the U.S. National Debt Comparing the Symbolism in The Cask of Amontillado by E.A. Poe to the U.S. National Debt In The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe addresses a man who lures his friend down to a cellar with the promise of a fine wine and then walls him up and leaves him there because he feels the friend has wronged him (Poe's, 2003). Metaphorically, the
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