Symbolism In The Cask Of Amontillado

Furthermore, Poe reveals allegory in his prose in The Cask of Amontillado. It is revealed; in a first person point of view, as Montresor and Fortunato enter the vaults of the catacombs with Montresor implying revenge as he speaks of his family’s coat of arms, quoting:

If a friend had demolished a part of someone, would that someone be able to go to the extent of taking the others life? In Edgar Allan Poe’s story “Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor is aiming to get revenge on another man named Fortunato. It is unknown what Fortunato did to Montresor, however we know it was a great insult. Montresor had made the perfect plan in order to take the life of his Fortunato. Montresor purposely bumped into the intoxicated man, Fortunato, and he begins to persuade Fortunato to come down into his catacomb to taste a wine for him. As he expected, Fortunato followed his way into the catacomb, which later caused Montresor trapping Fortunato and soon letting him die. Through his use of carefully constructed setting, symbolism, and verbal irony, Poe creates a mood that is both chilling and horrifying in “The Cask of Amontillado.”

An important element in any story is setting. Authors use setting to convey certain feelings brought on by the character’s surroundings. It also subliminally serves to illustrate the character’s intentions. In “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allen Poe uses the dark, imposing setting to do just that, communicate the underlying theme of the story, being death, revenge and deception.

It is Edgar Allan Poe's intense use of symbolism and irony throughout the Cask of Amontillado that establishes the short story as an indeed interesting candidate worthy of thorough analysis. The skillful use of these devices are utilized by the author to create this horrific and suspenseful masterpiece.

Many times, the word pride has a negative connotation attached to it. The reason being, is that too much pride skews the perception of reality. This concept is underlined in Edgar Allen Poe’s story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” through the character Fortunato. Montresor allows Fortunato opportunities to escape from his deceitful plan, but Fortunato’s pride gets in the way. Although the emphasis in “The Cask of Amontillado” seems to be focused around Montresor’s revengeful murder of Fortunato, a closer look at the tone, structure, and setting of the story, reveals that Fortunato’s pride and unhealthy lifestyle is what ultimately leads to his demise. Through this we begin to understand that too much pride in one’s life blinds him or her from reality.

After a couple of drinks Montresor warns Fortunato about the danger of consuming this wine because of the high levels of nitre that it has, foreshadowing for the audience, telling us the venom Fortunato is consuming. When Fortunato starts to feel bad Montresor offers him a drink to make him feel better, this is not an act of sympathy, it's just to keep Fortunato alive until his burial ground; and also to keep the audience waiting for the action to come.

Edgar Allan Poe is known for helping spread the Gothic and Horror genres. Many of his stories are tragic and deal with murder, depression, and the gruesome part of life people usually try to escape by reading. One topic he covered well was revenge and how one's own personal hell differs from person to person. His short story, “Cask of The Amontillado” is called one of the greatest written short stories of all time. In this story he uses color images, dramatic irony, and vision to take the dark downward spiral of revenge and fear while showing the reader how toxic and unforgiving behavior can affect someone.

I cannot begin talking about “The Cask of Amontillado” without first mentioning its author, Mr. Edgar Allen Poe and his unique style of writing. Poe’s style of writing is described as “Dark Gothic.” Poe uses irony to create a comedic effect which only foreshadows the horror ahead; his short story writing still giving readers the full effect of the story; Poe felt a story should be read in one sitting, with each event occurring in order keeping with the storyline as he states in his essay “The Philosophy of Composition.” His use of imagery and symbolism putting pictures in our minds leaving us in suspense; the unreliable narrator, clearly in an effort to substantiate his sanity is definite verification of his insanity. Poe’s immense

The Cask of Amontillado is a tale of terror written by Edgar Allen Poe. This short story is from the point of view from Montresor’s memory. The setting of this story is in a small unnamed European city, at a local carnival and then at the catacombs under Montresor’s home, around duck. The brief synopsis of this story is about the revenge that the Montresor, the antagonist and narrator, wants against Fortunato, a wine connoisseur and the victim, that has insulted him. Montresor finds Fortunato at a carnival and lures him into the catacombs of his home by offering him a special kind of wine. While in the

Because Fortunato is over confident with himself, Montresor uses this to his benefit as he lured Fortunato to his death. Fortunato gets manipulated by Montresor as he stealthily gets him drunk as they enter further into his wine

In “Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allen Poe several illustrates a story about two men, and the revenge found by one. While this story reveals very little about the past of the two men, symbolism allows the reader to find deeper knowledge about them, especially the main character Montresor. While Montresor is seeking his revenge, parts of his family heritage is revealed that symbolizes revenge and passion. This short story reveals a gruesome plot of death and revenge that’s based in the mid 1800’s during a carnival.

From this point of view, as Lewis points out, one can easily relate Fortunato's drunken artifical sweetness to that of imitation amontillado. Montresor's disgust with Fortunato would then mirror Fortunato's disgust with imposter alcohols. Upon further analysis however, Lewis suggests the possibility that it is actually Fortunato's lack of a protective layer , or "fleur" in terms of amontillado, rather than his spurious nature, that offends Montresor. Using this idea as a basis for thought, Lewis expands the correlations between amontillado and the characters' relationships and actions to include the alcohol cask and Fortunato's casket, both containing extra space; the failure of either Fortunato or poor sherry to become properly refined; the fool who "cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado" and the fool Fortunato himself proved to be in his oblivion to his plight. Additionally Lewis points out that Fortunato's alcoholism may have caused both this oblivion and the "injuries" he had placed on Montressor in the past. In this case, Montresor would have succeeded at exploiting the very weakness in Fortunato that had caused the damage for which he saught

Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado” possess a disturbingly eerie tone. An untrustworthy man tells the story of his revenge; how he tricked his victim into a dark cellar and buried him alive. All of these events symbolizes something greater, but the readers have to put the clues together. In “The Cask of Amontillado,” the author illustrates how people will go to extreme measures for what they desire using symbolism. “The Cask of Amontillado” is a clever title Poe uses.

The carnival setting represents madness and fantasy which is the symbol for Montresor’s mindset (Lorcher 1). The narrator’s reason for choosing this time of year to act out his revenge is intentional because crowds are easily distracted at this time and there is a strong likelihood that his victim Fortunato is going to be tipsy. Fortunato’s attire is another symbol. He “is dressed as a fool, a symbolic representation of what he is” (Lorcher 1). The title “The Cask of Amontillado” symbolizes two things. First, the cask is a container for liquids which has the same root word as casket and symbolizes the death that is about to come for Fortunato (Lorcher 1). The second is the Amontillado which turns out to be Fortunato’s downfall. “Fortunato

The Cask of Amontillado is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe published in 1846. The story focuses on a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes betrayed him. Because of the plot arrangement, this short story seems to be written using biographical strategy. Biographical strategy is concerned about how the author’s biography may have influenced the story. The similarities between Poe’s personal life and the characters love with alcohol, failures in his life and along with the misfortunes Poe had lived shared many likenesses.