Essay about The Cask of Amontillado

The second occurrence of Poe’s use of verbal irony takes place when Fortunato toasts to the dead surrounding him and Montresor to Fortunato’s long life. While they are venturing through the vaults towards the Amontillado, Montresor presents Fortunato with a bottle of wine after he has a coughing fit. Once Fortunato receives the bottle he says, “‘I drink, to the buried that repose around us’”, and Montresor replies, “‘And I to your long

Edgar Allan Poe is a famous writer in writing detective stories and horror stories. One of his horror stories, “The Cask of Amontillado” was talking about how a man took his revenge to his friend. However, to look deeply in this story, I found that this story was not just simply a horror tale about how a man gets his revenge in the safest way. Instead, it also demonstrates much irony in several areas: the title, the event, the season, the costume, the environment, the characters’ personalities, a man’s dignity and cockiness and at the end, the public order. he are

     In this story the character of Montresor is revealed through his own words. When he reveals he is going to punish Fortunato for merely insulting him, that he has planned the whole act of vengeance, and that he has been playing as being Fortunato’s friend, we know we are dealing with a deranged personality. His character is also revealed with references to his family. It is almost as if Poe has Montresor’s ancestors tell the reader how nicely he fits into the family tree. His legacy from his family motto “No one attacks me with impunity” and a coat of arms that depicts a serpent whose last wish before death is to poison the foot that crushed it. Does the fruit of ever fall far from the tree? Montresor is as evil as his forebears were. He shows no remorse about what he has done, even in old age. When he says, “May he rest in peace” at the end of the story, the reader gets the feeling he means, “ I hope you stay there and rot” rather than, “I hope you found joy and peace in heaven.”

In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Edgar Allen Poe uses several examples of verbal irony. Verbal irony is when one character says something but actually means something different. One example is on page 288 when Montresor says “My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking to-day.” This is verbal irony because he does not really mean that he is looking well, and this sentence starts the ensuing parts of Montresor luring the intoxicated Fortunato into the catacombs, which begins the start of the suspenseful reader waiting to see if Montresor will fulfill his mission.. Another example in the story of verbal irony is on page 289 when Fortunato has the cough, and Montresor insists on going back, saying that his health is precious, when he really means that he wants his health to decline and for him to die. “We will go back; your health is

In the Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allen Poe uses verbal irony to emphasize the evil intentions of Montresor. Poe does this all throughout the story like when Montroso and Fortunato first meet. Montroso says, “‘My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met’” even though it is not lucky they met at the carnival because Montroso plans to kill Fortunato. Another way Poe uses verbal irony is, ‘"And the motto?" "Nemo me impune lacessit." "Good!" he said.”’ The motto Montroso uses means no one attacks me with impunity and in the beginning Montroso says that Fortunato insulted him so Fortunato just clapped to the saying that will be implemented on him by

There are many uses of irony throughout “The Cask of Amontillado.” One example that Poe includes states, “I drink,” he said, “to the buried that repose around us. “And I to your long life.” (passage 3) This statement shows a use of dramatic irony because the reader knows that the narrator, Montresor, has no intention of cheering the life of Fortunato and has a careful plan to murder him. This quote also demonstrates dramatic irony because it shows how Fortunato genuinely believed in the good intentions of Montresor, which would eventually result in his demise. This use of irony helps build up the rising action and suspense of the story leaving the reader wondering when the narrator is going to strike and kill Fortunato. Overall this use of

Edgar Allan Poe uses irony to create suspense in "The Cask of Amontillado," to create a dark, dangerous short story. The protagonist, Montresor, plans to seek revenge on Fortunato, who insulted him, by killing him. Poe uses dramatic irony in the first paragraph by writing that Montresor is planning to kill Fortunato and get away with murdering him. The example of dramatic irony creates suspense, due to only the reader and Montresor knowing that Montresor is premeditating Fortunado's murder. Verbal irony is utilized to create suspense when Poe writes of Montresor and Fortunado making toasts, and Montresor saying, "And I to your long life" to Fortunado (Poe 347). Completely aware that he is going to murder Fortunado, yet Montresor toasts to Fortunado's

<br>The way the narrator treats his enemy is one of the clearest examples for ironic elements. When the characters meet, Montresor realises that Fortunato is afflicted with a severe cold, nevertheless he makes a point of him looking "remarkably well". Montresor acts in the most natural and friendly way towards the man object of his revenge, and even praises his "friend's" knowledge in the subject of wines. Also upon their meeting, Montresor begins a psychological manipulation of Fortunato. He claims that he needs his knowledge to ascertain that the wine he has purchased is indeed Amontillado. Furthermore, he acknowledges that Fortunato is engaged in another business (i.e.: the celebration of carnival), so he would go to Luchresi, who, one is made to believe, is a competitor of Fortunato's. To these words, Fortunato is forced by his pride to accompany Montresor to the vaults (where the Amontillado is kept), dissipate his doubts and also to prove his higher status than Luchresi as a connoisseur of wine. In fact, during their way down under in the catacombs, the twisted mind of Montresor, dares to give Fortunato the chance to go back, due to the almost unbearable dampness and foulness rampant in the vaults and Fortunato's state of health. The narrator clearly knows about the stubborn nature of Fortunato, and is

At the start of the story Montresor says, “But then I learned he had made fun of my proud name Montresor, the name of an old and honored family” (Poe). Edgar Allen Poe was a well-educated man whose parents were actors moreover he believed the same about his family as Montresor does, that his family is an honored family. This was the main reason why

The Cask of Amontillado is considered to be one of the best short stories. Written by Edgar Allan Poe in first person and having all the main events as a three hundred page fiction book, The Cask of Amontillado is a complete novel. This short story has several themes which function from the first page of the story such as: suspense, fear, and revenge.

In the short story,”A Cask of Amontillado”, Poe uses the literary device, irony to reiterate the idea that hateful or angry feelings can lead to deception. In the story, Montresor (the narrator) is seeking revenge on his work partner (and apparent friend), Fortunato. According to Montresor, Fortunato hurt and insulted him. While at a party the night that Montresor plans to kill Fortunato, he speaks about how “I was so pleased to see him that I thought I should never have done wringing his hand” (Poe 6). This is an example of dramatic irony, as the readers know that Montresor is in fact pleased to see him, but for the reason being that he wants to kill him. Fortunato is oblivious to the fact that Montresor has anything going against him, which supports the idea that deception can be induced by another’s hatred. Later that night at the same party, the two characters are in the catacombs toasting with glasses of wine. Montresor shares that he is drinking to “(Fortunato’s) long life” (Poe, 7). This is an example of verbal irony. Fortunato believes that they are simply toasting to their long lives and the dead that surround them. Montresor not only says his proposed toast in what seems like a sarcastic tone, but he also means the exact opposite of what he is saying. Montresor is actually toasting to the fact that he gets to kill Fortunato later that evening. Because of Montresor's sickly-sweet attitude and the author’s clever use of irony, Fortunato is unaware that he is being

The irony is detected by the use of his exaggeration. The symbolism by the objects it uses and how they are used. “’The cask of Amontillado’ is a creepy short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is rife with examples of symbolism and irony. “ “Poe tells a tale of revenge and humiliation, the way the story symbolizes Poe’s work that has a mind-boggling ending. “ The story is full of examples of irony and symbolism to try to answer questions thrown at the reader in the short story. The narrator commences by telling us that Fortunato has hurt him in a way that he can’t be forgiven. Even worse, Fortunato has vilified him. The speaker must get vengeance. He meets Fortunato, who is all dressed up in jester apparel for a carnival celebration − and is already drunk. The narrator mentions he’s found a barrel of an infrequent brandy called Amontillado. Fortunato shows alacritous interest in verifying the wine’s authenticity. So he and the narrator go to the underground graveyard, mentioned as a “catacomb,” of the family. Ostensibly, that’s where the narrator keeps the wine. The narrator leads Fortunato deeper and deeper into the catacomb, getting him drunker and drunker as they proceed. Fortunato keeps coughing, and the narrator perpetually suggests that Fortunato is too ill to be in the damp crypts, and should proceed back. Fortunato just keeps verbalizing about the Amontillado just to tempt him with the wine. Eventually , Fortunato ends up chained up in a little opening

The authors of "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Most Dangerous Game", use verbal and situational irony within the text to create a suspenseful and interesting story that keeps the reader engaged and interested. In "The Cask of Amontillado", Montresor asks Fortunato if he wants to go back, '"Come we will go back; your health is precious […] Besides there is Luchesi-"', (Poe 89). This is verbal irony because Montresor says this but he means something else. He seems concerned for Fortunato and cares about his health, but what is ironic is that he is going to kill Fortunato in the end of the story anyway. In "The Most Dangerous Game", General Zaroff is talking to Rainsford, '"We try to be civilized here"', (Conell 74). This is situational irony

The narration “The Cask of Amontillado” by Poe has been universally referred to as the world’s most perfect stories. It is an emotional piece with every verdict contributing to the overall effect of a completely unified work. Further, however, it may seem to be easy; this literary piece thrives in ironies of various kinds. The narrator commences by informing the audience about the hurt and insult he received from Fortunato. Besides, every sentence adds to the unity that the author wanted to achieve. The plot of the story is quite simple. It is written in the first person, who is later discovered to be named Montresor. Throughout the whole story, the main aim the narrator wants to reach is to revenge on Fortunato, who insulted him. Thus, the most interesting parts of the tale deal with the Montresor’s techniques of trapping down his offender (Baraban 47). Unfortunately, he has never let Fortunato learn of his hatred. The entire narration takes a form of a slur that could induce such a well-planned scheme of revenge.

In the beginning of the story, the narrator tells the reader that Fortunato has betrayed him by hurting him – even worse, by insulting him. He does not state how he hurt him or what Fortunato said that was insulting to him, but it must have been bad enough for him to seek revenge. As the story goes on, Montresor meets Fortunato at a carnival celebration where Fortunato is dressed in jester clothing. Montresor takes advantage of him being drunk to mention that he has found a barrel of Amontillado and that perks Fortunato’s interest, since he has such a huge interest in wine/alcohol. So, they both go to a catacomb, or an underground graveyard, because that is where the Amontillado is supposedly stored. The further Montresor leads Fortunato, the more he continues drinking the wine he was offered and the more he keeps coughing. Montresor acts concerned about his cough and is