Amontillado Mood

The short story of "The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe is a riveting story of betrayal and death. Within the story Poe focuses on the protagonist, Montresor, who has a great disdain for a man named Fortunat. Although we don't know why Montresor hates Fortunato, we know that Montresor wants revenge, and thus conspires a plan to murder Fortunato. In contrast to the audience, Fortunato is unaware of his impending doom, which is a beautiful display of dramatic irony. Within "The Cask Of Amontillado", Poe uses irony, word choice, setting and various other literary devices to set the mood of the story.

Edgar Allan Poe is a famous writer in writing detective stories and horror stories. One of his horror stories, “The Cask of Amontillado” was talking about how a man took his revenge to his friend. However, to look deeply in this story, I found that this story was not just simply a horror tale about how a man gets his revenge in the safest way. Instead, it also demonstrates much irony in several areas: the title, the event, the season, the costume, the environment, the characters’ personalities, a man’s dignity and cockiness and at the end, the public order. he are

To begin with, “The Cask of Amontillado” is a story of revenge in which Montresor, the protagonist, retaliates to the “1000 injuries of Fortunato” (Poe 1) that he had bore; by meticulously planning the murder of his foe. Montresor seeks to avenge the insults made to his ancestral family name by Fortunato.

Each element have a relation to each other, yet they all have significant differences that lead to make the mood of the story even stronger. The use of having an easygoing setting in the beginning of the story, switching it to a spooky catacomb creates a lot of new tensions. Symbolizing and using verbal irony hand in hand assists the reader in getting a tense feeling because the reader knows more than Fortunato did. The story “Cask of Amontillado,” is an advanced story full of different technique, making it more of a horrifying story. Montresor puts in a lot of time and effort in order to make this plan successful. Is someone allowed to go as far as Montresor did in order to put revenge on

In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, the dark side of human nature is illustrated through the character of Montresor and his victim, Fortunato. Montresor is a manipulative and vengeful person whom is obsessed with the downfall of Fortunato. Through the acts, words, and the thoughts of Montresor, one is able to see him carry out his plan for revenge.

<br>The Cask of Amontillado is a horror short story, which revolves around the themes of revenge and pride. The plot involves two men: Montresor, the narrator, who is an Italian aristocrat seeking revenge against the second main character: Fortunato, a proud man that boasts about his conoisseurship of wines and who finally walks to his own death.

To begin with, “The Cask of Amontillado” has a very dark, eerie, and crowded setting. For instance, it says, “It was about dusk, one

Vengeance and murder infects the minds of Montresor and Fortunato upon an exchange of insult in Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Cask of Amontillado”. This is the story of pure revenge after Forturano disrespects Montresor. The story follows the characters meeting up at a carnival and eventually the disguised Montresor lures Fortunato into the catacombs of his home by convincing him that he acquired something that could pass for Amontillado, a light Spanish sherry. Fortunato grows eager to taste this wine and to determine for Montresor whether or not it is truly Amontillado. He leads him back to the catacombs of his home and carries out his plot to bury him alive. Edgar Allan Poe writes from a mysterious first person perspective, uses colorful symbolism and situational irony to present the man's inner self, in turn revealing that revenge is fundamentally infeasible.

Statistically, for every 100,000 people in the U.S., there are roughly 5.1 intentional murders. While intentional murders don’t relate very much to writing, they do relate to “The Cask of Amontillado”. More specifically, the tone of Poe’s story. Throughout the story, the tone is slightly obscured, which means it requires more in-depth analysis. The tone appears to be more gloomy and sinister. Reasons such as word choice, descriptions, and the use of certain phrases help make the tone more evident. Analyzing the tone to the story can help provide both a more in-depth understanding, and it can help in understanding more of Poe’s works in the future.

Garrett Terry Mattie Sellers English 1 2 November 2017 “The Cask Of Amontillado”     In the short story “The Cask Of Amontillado’’ the mood changes throughout the story, it changes  happy,  sad, than scared, and there is also anger.   The story has many different moods, but the most used mood is anger and scared these mood make the story settle to the theme.

Firstly, the eerie setting and macabre mood Poe establishes in The Cask of Amontillado should be emphasized. As soon as Montresor and Fortunado both step into the catacombs, the story becomes increasingly grim. For instance, Poe mentions the mass of skeletons stored within the tunnels, and the nitre accumulating on the walls, “hanging like moss.” The air becomes thinner, forcing the torches to become increasingly dim as the pair head deeper

The mood of “The Cask Of Amontillado” heavily relies on the setting of the story. The atmosphere of the gloomy catacomb works effectively to create the setting of “the cask of Amontillado” especially when we look on the overall time of the year which was carnival season in Italy. Poe sets up the mood using the setting “but observe the white webwork which gleams from the cavern walls”, this helps the reader create a vision of how gloomy the cThe mood of “The Cask Of Amontillado” heavily relies on the setting of the story. The atmosphere of the gloomy catacomb works effectively to create the setting of “the cask of Amontillado” especially when we look on the overall time of the year which was carnival season in Italy. Poe sets up the mood using the setting “but observe the white webwork which gleams from the cavern walls”, this helps the reader create a vision of how gloomy the catacomb is.

Throughout the "Cask of Amontillado," Po was able to create a gloomy setting through his use of diction. Even though this story consists mostly of the dialogue between Montresor and Fortunato; there were many specific words that contributed to the gloomy atmosphere of the setting. The setting in the vaults had a very dark and sinister feel due to the diction and knowledge of what was going to happen to Fortunato. For example, on page 2 Po describes the vaults as "insufferably damp." This word choice gives the reader a slight feeling of dread for the men to enter such an unbearable place. If the word insufferably hadn't ben there, then the setting wouldn't be eveolved as sinsister and gloomy. This adjective amoung others helped to incorporate

The setting of The Cask of Amontillado factors into the criticism. The beginning setting describes the carnival. A place of “supreme madness”(Poe 2) was in full swing. Reading on the setting grows darker, damper, and colder. As they journey through the catacomb, Montresor and Fortunato move into smaller and smaller—and fouler and fouler—spaces. This suggest that, as they move father away from open air, they are also

The mood of “The Cask Of Amontillado” heavily relies on the setting of the story. The atmosphere of the gloomy catacomb works effectively to create the setting of “the cask of Amontillado” especially when we look on the overall time of the year which was the carnival season in Italy. Poe sets up the mood using the setting “but observe the white webwork which gleams from the cavern walls”, this plays in contrast of the festivities going on while they Fortunato is being lured to his death in the gloomy catacomb. Poe also sets a scary mood which is created by the the characters actions and word choice, as they begin their descent down into the catacombs, Montresor grabs two torches, which hints to the reader that the catacomb is a dark place.