Analysis Of The Poem ' The Great Gatsby ' By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Montresor’s apparent pride in his having gotten away with the murder of Fortunato and the subtle lies he implants into the story only adds to the cold-hearted man who is Montresor.

As Montresor and Fortunato reach the entrance to the catacombs, Poe adds nervousness to Montresor by using words that explain his movements or the surroundings around him and Fortunato. He is so close to murdering Fortunato, and Montresor is feeling a little doubtful on how it is going to go down. Montresor is

The lavish black roquelaire absorbed nearly all of the light in the surrounding area which perfectly made a silhouette of Montresor’s figure. The smell of nitre permeated throughout the air like a plague. The smell was so overpowering that I nearly passed out. As I hung there, bound to the wall by cold rusted chains, I could make out the twisted smile of Montresor as he removed his silken mask. I looked him in the eye and could see the hate behind them. It seemed to be more primal and real than anything else I had ever seen. After staring me down, Montresor hastily produced that godforsaken trowel from underneath his cloak and started to lay layer after layer of brick, starting to enclose me into this horrible room. My last view of Montresor

2. After Montresor binds Fortunato, he says, “I placed my hands upon the solid fabric of the catacombs and felt satisfied” (Poe 295).

t Montresor is insane.Such interpretation, however, seems to make certain details in the elaborate structure of the story unnecessary and this, in turn, goes against Poe's approach to composition."¹ rightly states Baraban.In addition,the dialogues including foxy implications help reader making guesses about Montresor's inner man.For instance,when Fortunado asks The Montressors' motto Montresor replies him,"Nemo me impune lacessit" or in translation, "Nobody provokes me without punishment" and with using that expression he reflects his intention in an almost friendly manner.These signals indicates about his insane and untrustworthy nature.It's nearly clear that the protagonist is insane.Besides,psychological occurances have many types and the Montresor's mental illness has the characteristics of obsession.This obsession's degree is so high that it drives him killing the one who insults upon him with a quite extreme method and without hesitation - except from the session in the end that he feels worried for a moment when he becomes aware of the thing he has done.Obsession has the same kinds of motivation argued by criminals in any terrene crime (envy,revenge,prejudice,sadism).In the highest degree of obsession,the person does some actions unconciously to his/her victim during the crisis of mind.After the job is done,he/she doesn't remember anything or remembers it with great regret².The readers watch the portrait of old Montresor confessing his action after half of a

I emerged from the depths of my anguish three days later to face the dreary questions that lay ahead of me. The days were bleak. The sun was shining but I saw grey. The birds sang but I heard silence. I knew that Lord Baron was a powerful man, one of wealth and great respect of the land. What was this Fortunato to do with

Montresor has always resented Fortunato for his actions towards him and suffered over fifty years from guilt and torment. As said by the narrator “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had

While Montresor’s hoax was working, he “unwillingly” allowed Fortunato to lead him to the vaults. “ ....Fortunato took my arm, and I allowed him to hurry me to my great stone palace….Asking him to be careful as he followed, I went down before him…. Fortunato’s step was not sure, because of the wine he had been drinking.”(Poe 70) Montresor stoops low enough to manipulate a drunken man to go into the underground tunnels of his catacombs in search of an imagined cask of wine. If leading a man into his catacombs to end the man’s life for a crime that is not explained is not proof enough of Montresor’s insanity, then possibly the fact that Montresor enjoyed Fortunato’s struggle and pleas for help

Another indirect factor that could contribute to Montresor’s vengeful act, and thus the story’s theme of revenge, is his state of mind. Some critics have analyzed the opening line of this short story and have determined that it could contribute to an insane state of mind. When the opening line states, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge,” it does not describe what the insult is. The fact that Montresor does not give a specific description of the insult leads many critics to believe that Montresor has acted irrationally in murdering Fortunato and that he is insane. Another example of Montresor’s insanity is found when he replies to Fortunato’s screams (Baraban). In the story, Montresor states, “I replied to the yells of him who clamoured. I re-echoed, I aided, I surpassed them in volume and in strength” (Poe 1616). Critics view this statement as contributing to Montresor’s unstable state of mind, and thus contributing to his act of revenge (Baraban).

     Montresor is admirable because throughout the story, he is very patient. In the beginning of the story,

Montressor, a wise man used all his knowledge about his friend to ensure that he could kill the man. For example, he made sure the man had already been previously drinking, and then used wine, Fortunato’s favorite thing, as a force to make him continue on. This is why Montressor continually asked the man if he wanted to turn back, because he wanted to make sure the man not think anything suspicious, which he knew would work as he

As the story unfolds and I read on I could really see that Montresor is an unreliable narrator. As he states right

Through the eyes of Montresor, the reader tastes the horror of murder. Montresor insists repeatedly that Fortunator is his “friend,” and he is “so surprised to see him” (59). However, the reader knows that Montresor intentionally came upon Fortunato. In fact, Montresor “[tells his attendants] that [he] should not return until the morning, and [gives] them explicit

The roaring twenties was a time of freedom, wealth, romance, and innovation. Many significant advances in history occurred in the 1920’s, such as the invention of the automobile. Women gained many freedoms during this time. The most known betterment was women gaining the right to vote, and starting to obtain more freedom and respect in the world of politics. However, women seemed to still be suppressed in the social aspect of the world. This is evident in the fact that men dominated the relationship, and the woman did not have much say in anything. This is the situation Daisy had found herself in by marrying Tom and being repressed by his arrogance. Although Daisy had met Gatsby and fallen in love with him some time ago before she met Tom, he went off to fight in the war and asked Daisy to wait for him and he would return to her. She did not wait, evident in her marriage to Tom, showing she did not truly love him enough to put in the effort for their relationship. This evidence supports the fact that Daisy is not worthy of Gatsby’s time because he is stuck in love with Daisy from the past and she has moved on to a life of being taken care of, money, and deceitfulness.

I feel that this poem does really well in describing what happens in the moment when the ball is caught by the receiver. I changed the structure of the ballad like poem so that it fits more with the steady pulse and the overall poem is rather smooth. The constant “ran and ran” does very well with the overall poem because the whole purpose of this poem is to run and run when the ball is caught. I also changed a couple words so that it flows slightly better. I really enjoyed writing this poem because I felt that this poem was not hard to write at all and required a bit of creativity as well. This poem was probably one of my favorites as well because the ballad like structure made this poem with a sense. I did not have to be too creative in writing the format of the essay and only had to write the words to fill in the format. I did not change too much of the poem as I felt that it was already really well written and only needed a bit of tweaking to make it editorial level.