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The Cask Of Amontillado Comparative Essay

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Edgar Allan Poe is one of the best horrors Master. And it is possible to confirm with his story Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado. Both of these stories are written in the first person from the point of view of the two killers. These stories have as similar and different elements such as tone, irony, image and symbols.
The tone of these stories is somewhat similar. In both stories, we can see what is happening in terms of the murderers, which allows us to understand how they think, and it increases our sense of fear and terror. Through the use of horrific images, disturbing speech, the author creates an atmosphere that is different from other authors. In both stories, the narrator is clever, and nobody can say that they are not smart. But both the narrator a little mad and we know that because of their irrational intention to kill people who never physically harm them, words can max. In The Cask of Amontillado, insults against the protagonist were relatively insignificant if we consider that it was not the first time. Montresor and Fortunato were on …show more content…

Some of the symbols are very similar, and some are not being used in the same way at all. In both of these stories, there is a symbol that is narrators cause or desire to kill. The Tell-Tale Heart, the symbol of the old "evil eye." The eye is madness, the madness of the narrator, who leads him in the end to kill a man for no reason. Similar symbol can be found in the coat of arms of Montresor in a barrel of Amontillado. He is described as Montresor "A huge human foot d'or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel."Leg man is montresor, and a snake is Fortunado. Snake decided to attack the leg, and the leg is completely destroyed the snake. This is Montresor’s attitude towards Fortunado. Fortunado offended montresor Montresor, so Montresor decided to collect his revenge on

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