Edgar Allan Poe 's The Cask Of Amontillado

Edgar Allan Poe is a famous well known writer known for his dark and gothic horror stories such as “The Tell-Tale Heart” and many others. The well-known author had a rough life which dealt with a lot of death, so most of his stories revolve around this idea. In “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Masque of the Red Death” Poe uses similar themes or darkness to convey tone and conflict throughout the story. His writing style is dark and revolves around one main concept: death. Edgar Allan Poe uses diction and syntax, setting and conflict, and characterization in his writing style to develop his stories.

Do hate someone, but act like they are your best friend to get something that you want from them? Edgar Allen Poe does in his story “The Cask of Amontillado” as he uses Montresor to tell Fortunato’s journey to catacombs and how he “conceives and executes an ingenious plan... for revenging” Fortunato (Gruesser 129). In “The cask of Amontillado” Poe uses tone, plot devices, and the setting to present the theme of appearances masking reality.

In ?The Cask of Amontillado?, Edgar Allan Poe takes us on a trip into the mind of a mad man. Poe uses certain elements to convey an emotional impact. He utilizes irony, descriptive detail of setting, and dark character traits to create the search of sinful deceit. Poe also uses first person, where the narrator is the protagonist who is deeply involved. The purpose is to get the reader to no longer be the observer. He wants them to see with Montressor?s eyes, hear with his ears, and to react as he would. There is no real violence in the modern sense of the word. However, it is more horrifying because rather than seeing it through our eyes, we feel it through words. This short story is a great

I used my expertise in reading to prepare for a major test in the third grade. I understood it was important to prepare early to achieve a commended score. On the day of the test, I knew my hard work paid off because the test was not as difficult as I had expected. This event reminded me of Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, The Cask Of Amontillado. Where the character Montressor is seeking revenge on, Fortunato, a fellow wine taster. Montressor wanted to murder him for mocking his wine. Montressor knew that this would be difficult to do if Fortunato was sober. Montressor needed to plan a time when Fortunato would be drunk, and Carnival season was the best opportunity. On the night of the murder, Montressor concluded that he would bribe him with

Edgar Allan Poe’s works, typically, reflects events that he has encountered in his life and lot of the obstacles he tried to overcome as a human being. Death, being the significant theme is constantly met in his works. The reason being is that Poe has been abandoned by his parents, and has dealt with the loss of his wife who’d fell ill from the disease tuberculosis, and that started his infatuation with death. Poe never fully recovered from the traumatic events, in which now his works reflects the mad man inside of him. Therefore, in his works

Edgar Allen Poe was a writer who sculpted every detail to create his desired “theme”. His short stories are mostly representing the murder of a character. The murderer, who is the narrator, explains the plan for the murder. The narrator destroys the humans around him through his destructive mind. The reason for the murder is revenge and hatred. In “Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” Poe utilized “unreliable narrators,” he even created similarities between murder and victim to establish the theme of self- destruction. In “Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor destroys himself with repression. In “The tell-tale heart” the narrator battles with his subconscious mind. In “Hop Frog” the narrator sacrifices his humanity. All of the

Edgar Allan Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado” is a grim masterpiece. In this work Edgar Allan Poe tells the story of Montresor and how he achieves revenge towards Fortunato. The use of first person narration in this story allows the audience to gain a better understanding of Montresor’s personality as the story unfolds. From reading and analyzing this story I have found that the main character Montresor is extremely intellectual, emotionally static or numb, and lastly he is unremorseful. With literature it can be difficult for the reader to try and think of which characteristics belong to which character. However, in movies there is a visual aspect. This allows the audience to take in what they see, and piece together the traits for each character. “Rear Window” by Alfred Hitchcock is a movie about a character named L.B Jeffries whose leg is in a cast, which enables him to leave his apartment. Without much to do Jeffries finds himself spying on his neighbors, and solving a murder case. Jeffries is a man of average intelligence, empathy, and he is just and fair. This essay will describe and analyze two men, Montresor and L.B Jeffries, who share a similar characteristic trait but are on two different ends of the spectrum. Although these two men share this common trait, the differences in their emotional and moral traits makes them do this differently from one another. These behaviors are what ultimately make them contrasting characters. While one man uses his intelligence to solve a

The writing techniques of authors today are no way in comparison to Edgar Allan Poe. His way of thinking is expressed in his writing and in a way that puzzles readers but at the same time gives them an idea of what is going on. His path in writing involves a dark setting, which we could see in most of his writings. “Edgar Allan Poe who has a unique dark way of writing “(Estromus 1). Poe’s use of a subtle tone and subconscious motivation of the characters in some of his writings and serious thematic plots , give a very vague image to his readers. “The Cask of Amontillado” relays the confession story of a man’s murder, whose main motive was revenge that was driven from his social status being crushed and hurt simultaneously by the victim in the story. The power of pride being crushed motivates one to seek superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

​What is a friend? Is it someone who you have known for years? Is it someone who you can go out and party with? Some people use the term “friend” loosely, not paying attention to its content. A friend is someone who you can count on, who you can run to in the time of need, someone you can trust, but what happens when that trust no longer exists? What happens when the one you though you could run too is the one you end up running from in the end and you never even saw it coming? What happens when you befriend the enemy? The Cask of Amontillado is one of the most decelerated short stories that Edgar Allan Poe has ever written. Poe has written many short stories and

Edgar Allen Poe sets the story in Italy during the rise of the Freemasons. As thinkers and specialists began to enter the stonemason guilds, they saw a need for the creation of exclusive social clubs. These social clubs provided members with access to other members with similar ideologies. These ideas lead to networking that would enable members to share personal networking such as financial, political, and social ties. As the social clubs grew, they eventually formed Freemasonry. With a secure network, the Masons would be able to challenge the power of the aristocratic families. The masons would support the revolutions that would lead to democracy. The perfect storm of networking and revolutions resulted in the rise of the new money elite

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, then moved to Richmond, Virginia at the age of three after his parents died. He was raised as a foster child by John and Frances Allan. Growing up he did very well in primary school, and attended one year at the University of Virginia until he was no longer able to pay for it (Poets.org). Poe is one of the most well-known writers in American history and authored many famous poems and short stories. One of Poe’s most famous short stories is The Cask of Amontillado, which is a story based on the theme of revenge. The narrator, Montresor feels that he has been wronged by a man named Fortunato and plans to get his revenge by trapping him in a tomb and leaving him to die. Poe takes a different point of view on the story’s main theme of revenge. Since the story is being told 50 years after the incident, it leads the reader to believe that the revenge and closure Montresor was looking for didn’t happen (Baraban). Poe’s use of a dark and twisted plot, irony, and a vengeful and unreliable narrator shows that contrary to popular belief revenge doesn’t always satisfy an individual’s need for closure.

Often main characters lead to wrongful accusations and rash decisions. It serves as a metaphor to reality, where constant misjudgment of peers occurs. Disguises and changes of clothing are central to plots such as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, The Mysterious Affairs at Styles, and The Cask of Amontillado. In JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Quirrell a professor at Hogwarts disguises himself as a harmless individual while working for Voldemort. In the Mysterious Affairs at Styles by Agatha Christie, Emily Inglethorp is killed by her deceptive friend Evelyn Howard. The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allen Poe, the narrator Montresor is seeking revenge and fakes the role of a loyal servant. These texts demonstrate how easily characters trust based on physical appearance.

Edgar Allen Poe was one of the most famed authors of death, decay, and depression in the 18th century. Poe started his writing career during the Romantic literature period, a period focused on nature, emotions, and a fascination with the supernatural elements. As writers started to write in this new genre, works started becoming dark, with an eerie feeling and a tone of death. Out of the Romantic era came the sub-classification of the Gothic genre. Poe started to embrace this new genre and his writings started to become more and more mysterious. In The Cask of Amontillado, the Gothic genre is easily depicted through the eyes of the main character, Montresor. The Cask of Amontillado is a perfect example of a short story in the Gothic genre

In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” the narrator recalls an extremely significant time in his life, and takes the reader along with him. Throughout the story, one experiences a perfectly planned murder which took place over fifty years ago, and still no one has discovered what truly happened to poor Fortunato as he was chained to a wall in a room that was then closed off, and torched to death due to all the nitre in the walls. As the story goes on, the reader can see some of Poe’s unfortunate, and saddening life come through his work. By using psychological criticism to analyze the story, the reader can get a better idea of what the author intended to be understood, as well as obtain a better grasp on some of the different aspects of the story based on the biographical characteristics of this short story.

Sometimes the circumstances in an individual’s life causes them to do the unexpected and the shocking. These events can affect how that person acts in society and everywhere they go. Most of the time, writers tend to write from their personal experiences, their childhood, and any other period of their life that caused a dramatic change and left a strong mark or memory. The author’s personal stories allows them to create new stories but express the same feelings within other characters. So, the psychological material will be presented indirectly through “symbolism, condensation, and displacement.” Literary works written in a psychological perspective are based on the author’s childhood traumas and family life. The Freudian approach in the psychological perspective usually highlights the influences of a character’s id, superego, and ego. Hence, Edgar Allan Poe’s,“ The Cask of Amontillado” is based on a psychological perspective. Montresor senses bitterness towards Fortunato because Fortunato had insulted Montresor. Likewise, Poe’s foster father doubted and in a way insulted Poe’s writing abilities which caused Poe to seek revenge. Moving on, Poe seeked revenge by continuing to write and publish literary works which was against his foster father’s will. Therefore, “The Cask of Amontillado” portrays the psychological perspective since the reader is able to understand and relate the author’s work to the author’s childhood trauma and family life.