The Irony In The Cask Of Amontillado

Most who have read Edgar Allen Poe’s poems, short stories, and other writings, would come to the general consensus that he has a very dark, cynical, mind. Not only is Poe known for his twisted texts, but for using many literary elements within his writing. One main element that he uses is irony. Irony is “a figure of speech which is a contradiction or incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs” (The 3 Types of Irony 1). There are also three types of irony, which includes verbal, dramatic, and situational. Poe offers multiple examples of irony in the short story, “The Cask of Amontillado”.

To help characterize the martians, Wells makes them unforgiving and cruel in their treatment of humans while giving them complex motives. The martians slaughter humans they come

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

<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

People who have not seen the Martians and been through the incident deny the credibility and authenticity of this whole thing. Either they mock at the story (the conversation between the narrator and the men and the women in Chapter 7) or they hide the story (Henderson's telegram in Chapter 7). Humans deny the existence of the Martians, trying to maintain social order. Once they escape from the monster, they also escape from fear; and once they escape from fear, they can go back to their normal life. Humans in this stage refuse to admit and think about the existence of the monster in order to maintain their normal life.

    To understand how the ‘other side,’ or the different race, feels, it is important to consider their perspective. Bradbury delves into this in “Mars is Heaven!” when he addresses how the Martians view the incoming humans. The protagonist of his story considers that “Just suppose that there were Martians living on Mars and they saw our ship coming and saw us inside our ship and hated us” (219). The author points to how human beings may view Martians as otherworldly savages, although they may feel the same

Conflict: This is where I ran into a little bit of an issue. Technically the main conflict of the story would be man vs. the Martian society or simply man vs. aliens. However I believe there to be a certain element of man vs. himself or his own mind. The earth crew was desperately trying to figure things out, scrambling for ideas and rationales. If they were hypnotized or brain washed the aliens were responsible, but the aliens more than likely fed off feelings and wants that already laid within the minds of the crew. The desire to see them again, the memories and thoughts of the families and friends and what not, but that is just my opinion.

The authors display in their stories, martians that have supernatural powers in their stories. With these unnatural powers, they use it to cause damage to earth. In “Zero Hour” an example of magic used in the story is when Mink shows her mother the yo-yo

Short stories are just what they sound like, short stories that build up to the point with no unneeded information. In various cases, short stories continue a book series or is a continuation of a book when the characters’ are years older. In other cases, short stories are stand alone stories that get right to the point and do not leave people hanging. Edgar Allan Poe is an author of over thirty short stories and around sixty-nine poems. These short stories are what has helped to create a legacy for short stories for over forty years and still are. Most of Poe’s stories have an eerie feeling due to him suffering from depression from all of his family members passing away. The story “ The Cask of Amontillado” is referred to as one of the best

In The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury there are many differences between humans and martians. One of the biggest ones, aside from the obvious being from different planets, physical appearance, and telepathy is that the humans want everything to do with the martians while the martians want nothing to do with the humans. This is shown by the humans knocking on doors constantly and even just walking into a martians house in “The Earth Men” and by the martians ignoring or even killing the humans before they even interact with them much.

Some of the irony used on this story can be seen when Montresor asks Fortunato about how he's feeling with the nitre and Montresor warns him by saying "we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, and beloved. You are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill and I cannot be responsible." This phrases show all the irony necessary for a story to be ironic: first, Montresor saying that Fortunato's health is precious; second, when he says that Fortunato is a man to be missed; but after that, saying that to him it doesn't matter if he dies; and finally, saying that he will not be responsible.

They come to Mars with intentions to peacefully settle and undermine part of the society the Martians have built. Many Martians have hallucinations of this rocket and its humans. On page 20, the Martian woman is distraught of this dream she keeps on having and consults with Mr. Iii who is forced to put an end to this colonization. At this point Ray explains how each Martian has a different view and hallucination of the colonizers. Also, how the humans can communicate with the Martians by telepathy. This is just another way Ray communicates his thoughts to us.

Anyone who knows anything about Edgar Allan Poe’s work probably knows that he is a very dark writer. This holds true in his short story, “The Cask of Amontillado.” “The Cask of Amontillado” follows the character Montresor through the Carnival where he meets up with his friend Fortunato, who is a wine connoisseur. Fortunato has recently crossed a line by insulting Montresor and does not quite know what is coming his way that night. Edgar Allan Poe uses the literary element of irony in order to portray the theme of revenge within “The Cask of Amontillado.”

If the author were instead celebrating the British colonial rule, he would have portrayed the aliens in a better light and allowed the ending to finish much more differently than it did. Instead, Wells chose to paint these able bodied ideal Europeans as “…something resembling a grey little snake... ”(Wells, 21) to emphasize their deception and treachery. He also describes the Martians having a “…lipless brim of which quivered and panted, and dropped saliva. The whole creature heaved and pulsated convulsively” (Wells, 21).

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