Comparison of Evil in Edgar Allan Poe´s The Cask of Amontillado and Flannery O´Connor´s A Good Man is Hard to Find

Conflict: For Montresor to revenge himself for Fortunato’s insult, he has to get away with it – if Fortunato can revenge him back,

In “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor is guilty of the cold-blooded murder of Fortunato and should go to jail for his crime. Montresor speaks of the “thousand injuries” Fortunato caused him and, more recently, the “insult” that Montresor cannot forgive. Vowing to seek retribution, Montresor comments on the importance of ensuring his own innocence throughout the process of revenge. He goes out of his way to be friendly to Fortunato. Other evidence that supports the crime as being preconceived includes Montresor preying on Fortunato’s weakness, his love of wine and his conceited nature. He praises Fortunato on his knowledge of wine and taunts him with the full barrel that he just purchased asking him for his expert opinion. In preparation

  In "The Cask of Amontillado", Montresor is the narrator. He begins by describing very cryptically how he was wronged, "The thousands of injuries of Fortunato he has borne as he best could; but when he ventures upon insult, Montresor vows revenge" (Poe 528). As the story

Fortunato. The story begins with Montressor’s vow of revenge. This is proven in the first sentence when Montressor says, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne best I could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.” Montressor is a manipulative and vengeful person. These characteristics lead to the death of Fortunato. Through the words, acts, and thoughts of Montressor, one is able to see him carry out his plan for revenge.

Evil and Good are two opposite entities. Similar to Ying and Yang, evil and good are often cohesive and usually alternate within one's choices in a person's life. Evil and good exist in every human being and everyone is given free will to choose their option. Evil is the action of someone to cause harm to others maliciously while good is performing an action for the benefit of someone else without harmful intent. A major cause of evil is immoral temptation, which the main characters of The Devil and Miss Prym, The Crucible and Ethan Frome experience with the archetype the temptress; The temptress encompasses all three stories as the protagonists weave their way through troubling vices such as infidelity or greed which may ruin their life as

Hidden Evils This semester’s class theme revolved around the narratives of good and evil. The chosen readings and assignments all involved an aspect of that theme. From talking about the different theories and ideas behind what makes something good or evil, I was pleasantly surprised to see the relevance of these two contrasting ideas. The class theme is very relevant as I see these two concepts present in almost every reading and film that I have watched. Initially, before this English 1102 class I saw good and evil and two opposite ideas on the spectrum of what is considered good and evil.

In the text, it reads, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge” (5). This shows that Montresor had endured these “injuries” received from Fortunato, and that when Fortunato had insulted him, it set him off and now wants retribution. He does not express his emotions towards Fortunato, and he thinks of destroying him whenever he smiles at him, “I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation” (5). His thoughts toward Fortunato are unstable, but he is physically stable in the presence of Fortunato.

Characters in short stories can reflect the human nature in general. Characters in “The Cast of Amontillado,” “The Devil,” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” reveal that people are driven to do bad things by severe situations, monetary benefits, and unfair judgments. Being evil and doing evil is not the same, and there is no absolute goodness or

In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor is strong-minded to seek vengeance on his so called “friend”, Fortunato, which builds much tension and surprise in the story. This story is

The book the Cask of Amontillado is a short story of revenge made by Edgar Allen Poe. Which he is known for the darker minded stories and he is a bit sophisticated of an author. and i'm going to tell why fortunato was such an easy target to kill for Montresor.

Evil is the idea or a word that is used to indicate bad qualities rather than particular substance. These qualities of an evil may lead to injury or mischief that I will show you in further paragraph. The three books I have chosen are “Beowulf”, “Othelo” and “Paradise lost”. There is always some reason and deed behind of being an bad person or an evil.

However, I can't help but notice the ambiguity Montresor has left us with. For example, Montresor never goes into full detail on the "thousands of injuries' and insult Fortunado has inflicted upon him. Also, the revenge

In the story “Cask of Amontillado” the Fortunato insults Montresor, and Montresor thought that the only just punishment, was death. He leads the arrogant Fortunato to his death with giving him multiple chances to turn back.

The story starting from the first line “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge,” revenge repeats itself and become very clear as the story further develops. This deep motives of revenge behind the main character might seem a good one to commit this un-moral revenge but the reader can’t put the pieces together on what Fortunato did to upset Montresor this much. Knowing the cause for Montresor revenge is indeed “insult” not “injuries” the reader is mystified by the absence of the cause of this crime. The reader have no way of knowing what exactly caused the thousand injuries or insult can not make any literal conclusion whether Montresor revenge is justifiable. Most commentators come to the conclusion that Montresor is insane. Fortunato trusted Montresor and decided to accept the invitation to Montresor's house. He trusted him to the point where he gets drunk and follows him into the dark catacombs of the hallway. Montresor stated that "at length, I would be avenged" and goes on to say that he will not only "punish, but punish with impunity," which indicates how Montresor is serious on the

What is the true meaning of good and evil. Good is that which is morally right and evil is profoundly immoral and malevolent. Good vs evil is a prominent theme used in literature. Two authors Oscar Wilde and Robert Louis Stevenson explore the theme of good vs evil in their novels The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In the novel both main characters Dorian gray and Dr. Jekyll are overthrown by the evil. Also in both novels you can see how influences, interactions, and beauty ultimately take them down the wrong path.