Revenge In Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado

?The Cask of Amontillado? raises a question pertaining to the multiple character of the self (Davidson 202); Can harmony of one's self be restored once primal impulses have been acted upon? This question proposes the fantasy of crime without consequence (Stepp 60). Edgar Allan Poe uses first person point of view, vivid symbolism and situational irony to show that because of man's inner self, revenge is ultimately not possible.

Feuds and arguments between individuals who may disagree with or dislike one another are a common occurrence in everyday life, often varying in degrees of intensity, but rarely reaching a point of extremity. However, in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado”, This threshold of extremity is reached by the narrator of the story, Montresor, who explains that his acquaintance, Fortunato, has repeatedly and irreparably insulted him over the course of years, and uses it as justification to take justice into his own hands and seek retribution through murder, despite there being no proof of Fortunato's guilt other than Montresor’s claims. His motive for murdering Fortunato can be attributed to his state of mind, as Montresor’s lack of guilt, empathy, or remorse highlights him as a character with psychopathic tendencies. As the story progresses, Montresor’s cold and calculating nature leaves the audience full of dread and suspense while he lures the oblivious Fortunato towards his inevitable demise. The employment of rhetorical devices such as irony, theme, and structure builds the suspense for the ultimate climax of Poe’s gothic masterpiece.

"The Cask of Amontillado" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's greatest stories. In this story Poe introduces two central characters and unfolds a tale of horror and perversion. Montresor, the narrator, and Fortunato, one of Montresor's friends, are doomed to the fate of their actions and will pay the price for their pride and jealousy. One pays the price with his life and the other pays the price with living with regret for the rest of his life. Poe uses mystery, irony, and imagery to create a horrifying, deceptive, and perverse story.

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most celebrated literary authors of all time, known for writing very suspenseful, dramatic short stories and a poet; is considered as being a part of the American Romantic Movement, and a lesser known opinion is he is regarded as the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. Most recognized for his mystery and macabre, a journey into the dark, ghastly stories of death, deception and revenge is what makes up his reputation. The short story under analysis is a part of his latter works; “The Cask of Amontillado”, a story of revenge takes readers into the mind of the murderer.

During the carnival season in Italy, Montresor planned murder to occur in an underground catacomb. In his short story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” Edgar Allan Poe describes Montresor’s scheme in which he takes drunk Fortunato’s life. Montresor’s perfect crime, created to take revenge on Fortunato, builds suspense, changes the mood of the reader, and develops an essential theme.

"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story about revenge. The story begins light-heartedly but ends in cold-blooded murder. The following summary does no justice to truly reflecting the depth and irony in Poe’s writing, but it allows for a basic understanding of the story’s concepts. A brief biography will follow giving insight into Poe’s life and helping readers understand why Poe wrote the way that he did. His use of irony in “The Cask of Amontillado” helps develop the setting, characters, and dialogue of the story.

Poe also craftily includes verbal irony in his writings to enhance and amplify the style of suspense and overall, apprehension. An exquisite paragon of this stylistic technique is Poe’s short story, The Cask of Amontillado. In said story, the main character, known as Montresor, cleverly plots to murder his egregious foe, Fortunato, by entrapping and then, abandoning him in Montresor’s catacomb underneath his home. To avert any witnesses, Montresor tricks his stewards into vacating his palazzo: “there were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honour of [a festival]. I had told them, that I should not return until morning and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house.

Every person must choose whether to exact revenge at some point in their life. Poe illustrates this inherent life situation while showing some ironic consequences that come along with getting revenge. In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor who is one of the main characters in this story uses reverse psychology and irony to trick and kill the person that wronged him. In this story Poe frequently uses literary devices such as irony and reverse psychology to manipulate his foreshadowing. Poe’s use of irony and reverse psychology can be both humorous and scary.

Revenge, the most common and understandable motive, the thing that makes self-justice lopsided and villains interesting. The Cask of Amontillado”, was written by the famous horror writer Edgar Allan Poe, this short tale focuses on the topic of revenge as a motive, and whether or not revenge is justifiable. At the beginning of this story, Montresor states, “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity” (lines 5-6). Montresor is explaining what will happen to Fortunato for insulting him; this is the earliest case of foreshadowing in the story given that Montresor murders Fortunato.

There are times where someone will hurt a person. There are times when these people feel a lot of pain. And there are times when the person will want to get their revenge. That is exactly what’s going on in the story The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Montresor as he enacts a plot of revenge and death against Fortunato. This plot involves Montresor luring a drunk Fortunato to the catacombs of the Montresor family to kill him. He does this using Fortunato’s one weakness. The weakness is a love for vintage wines. He lures him down with the promise of a cask of Amontillado. The story follows Montresor as this evil plan is enacted. It also uses a lot of different literary terms, and one of the most obvious is the use

Edgar Allan Poe's "A Cask of Amontillado, is a fictional story based on the psychopathic personality of the narrator Montresor. Angry over some unspecified insult Montresor relates the events which led him to murder his friend Fortunato fifty years ago. While one does not know precisely what “transgression” is to be “avenged,” one learns that Montresor intends to “punish with impunity,” as per his family motto, “nemo me impune lacessit.”

In Edgar Allen Poe’s, “The Cask of Amontillado,” he demonstrates that when revenge is obligatory, action must be taken to guarantee satisfaction. First, Montresor is seen carefully sealing the brick encounter shut. He is in no way in grieve when he states “for a brief moment I hesitated- I trembled. Unsheathing my rapier, I began to grope with it about the recess; but the thought of an instant reassured me” (379). Although Montresor is hesitant and may have been challenging his own idea, for his own fulfillment he confidently seals the chamber. In addition, when Montresor describes how he feels after the deed has been completed, he displays contentedness. Montresor states “my heart grew sick- on account of the dampness of the catacombs” (379)

Not only does Hop-Frog accomplish his revenge by killing the king, during the execution Hop-Frog sought further revenge through the humiliation of the king. Dressed as a primate the king was no better than Hop-Frog. Both revenge and humiliation of the offenders, shares similarities in Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” here Montresor seeks revenge by tricking Fortunato to his death.

The Cask of Amontillado written by Edgar Allan Poe is about a man named Montresor who seeks revenge on another man named Fortunato. Montresor meets Fortunato at a carnival and lures him away using wine, because he knows Fortunato can’t resist wine. Fortunato is anxious to try the wine so he goes into Montresor’s vault. While in the vault, Montresor begins to bury Fortunato alive. As Fortunato begins to sober up, he realizes what Montresor was doing. The central idea of the story is that revenge is a driving force which causes people to behave in a way that is untrue to who they are.

In “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allan Poe, the characters that are met in the story help define the overall theme of the story and help gain a better understanding of what the author is trying to say. Throughout reading a story discovering the theme is very important in understanding the story in full detail. In this story, there are two themes that set the story. One being the most major theme of betrayal and revenge, and another not quite as major, being the troubles of alcohol and drugs. The themes of the story can be explained and symbolized by many things throughout a story, as for this one the characters help aid in that area. The theme of betrayal and revenge goes with one character and the theme of alcohol and drugs goes with another, which in the end helps define the theme of the entire story. The characters can do just that in any story, especially in “The Cask of Amontillado.”