Analysis Of Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado

As Montresor and Fortunato reach the entrance to the catacombs, Poe adds nervousness to Montresor by using words that explain his movements or the surroundings around him and Fortunato. He is so close to murdering Fortunato, and Montresor is feeling a little doubtful on how it is going to go down. Montresor is

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.

His confessional proves the logic that, although he was successful with his plan for revenge, he has not been able to live in peace. The theme of “The Cask of Amontillado” is that of revenge and the deceiving way one man will accomplish his goal. Poe’s use of irony and humor adds to the darkness of the storyline. Montresor’s crest and motto are a symbol of his pride. Montresor, knows that if he does not go through with the destruction of Fortunato, he has not fully avenged himself or his family.

Edgar Allan Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado” is a grim masterpiece. In this work Edgar Allan Poe tells the story of Montresor and how he achieves revenge towards Fortunato. The use of first person narration in this story allows the audience to gain a better understanding of Montresor’s personality as the story unfolds. From reading and analyzing this story I have found that the main character Montresor is extremely intellectual, emotionally static or numb, and lastly he is unremorseful. With literature it can be difficult for the reader to try and think of which characteristics belong to which character. However, in movies there is a visual aspect. This allows the audience to take in what they see, and piece together the traits for each character. “Rear Window” by Alfred Hitchcock is a movie about a character named L.B Jeffries whose leg is in a cast, which enables him to leave his apartment. Without much to do Jeffries finds himself spying on his neighbors, and solving a murder case. Jeffries is a man of average intelligence, empathy, and he is just and fair. This essay will describe and analyze two men, Montresor and L.B Jeffries, who share a similar characteristic trait but are on two different ends of the spectrum. Although these two men share this common trait, the differences in their emotional and moral traits makes them do this differently from one another. These behaviors are what ultimately make them contrasting characters. While one man uses his intelligence to solve a

Point of View is a type of literary element in which determines what perspective the story is being told from. The point of view is a very important aspect of literature as it can sometimes either make or break a story, many stories if told in a different point of view or perspective, the reader can get a whole new meaning from that story. There are three kinds of point of views. These three point of views are called, first person, second person, and third person. In first person point of view, the narrator or the person telling the story is telling their own story so they use the words “I” and “We” a lot. Next we have second person, which is someone pretty much telling you what you should do. Finally, we have third person point of view, which tends to use words such as “He” “She” “They” and “It” often in my women’s literature class I read a lot of first person and third person narrations.

Edgar Allan Poe uses many literary devices throughout this short story. These literary devices help set the tone, making the theme of the work more clear to the reader. The theme of revenge can be backed up by a few literary devices in particular. These devices include: imagery, narrative point of view, irony, and foreshadowing. Irony is arguably the most important literary device used, as it contributes to a majority of the scenes in this short story. "

Motivations are an important aspect of human lives as they determine why we commit certain actions. In fact, motivations are so essential to the human psyche that they can determine the success of those actions. Edgar Allan Poe, the author of “The Cask of Amontillado,” understood that motivations were important and wrote the short story such that the main character’s, Montresor’s, motivations were a plot device that develops the story revolving around the success of Montresor’s nefarious plans. In Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” the analysis of the Montresor Family coat of arms indicates the deeper meaning of blindness from passionate vengeance that Poe derives from the ironic double in the emblem.

Madness, how do people get this desire to be driven by madness or how does one slow turn to madness as a way of life? It is such a unique and scared idea in life to be driven to madness but once there people look back and ponder how did this person get here? I Personally fear Madness because of how much fear or insanity it can cause a person. There Are many causations for madness but the greatest are, Obsession, lose of control, and rage. These are the three greatest factors that create that drive of madness people experience.

The famous author Austin O’Malley stated, “Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.” O’Malley’s point of view is seen in classic and modern literature about humanity. The Cask of Amontillado, a classic short story by Edgar Allen Poe is about the narrator Montresor who is going to get revenge on his ‘friend’ during a festival in Italy. Montresor uses his wit to lure Fortunato to his awful demise. A Poison Tree, a classic poem by William Blake is based on a man who holds in all of his anger to release on his foe. The narrator uses his pain and sorrow to finally attack his foe to his death. Because of events of verbal irony and treachery, Poe and Blake use their narrators of The Cask of Amontillado and A Poison Tree to reveal their enemies’ disloyalty doesn’t get a free pass; rather betrayal can lead to thoughts and ideas of vengeance carefully planned out.

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. His parents were David and Elizabeth Poe. Edgar's mother, Elizabeth, died when he was just 2 years old and after the death of his mother, he was adopted. His foster father was a successful merchant, so Edgar was able to go to good schools. When he was 6 years old, he went to England to study. He went to the University of Virginia when he was 17 years old. While in his university days, his father only gave him about a third of what he really needed. He did well in Latin and French but eventually, he started to be a drunkard and became in debt so he had to quit school. When he was 18, he went to Boston to serve in the US Army. He didn't stay long in the army and eventually, he was

The significance of Edgar Allan Poe 's style of writing, which commands the use of both death and love most frequently throughout his works, are what really made his literary works become so well known. The nature of death and on questions about the afterlife is usually Poe’s main focus in most of his literary works. A woman who has died at the height of her youth and beauty, leaving a lover behind to mourn. Death and Love, these two main themes are discussed throughout Edgar Allan Poe 's literary work in his lifetime. These themes are displayed by Poe in his works "The Cask of Amontillado" as well as "Annabel Lee". Poe does not necessarily come to the same conclusion about death in each of his works. Also, Poe 's use of love in many cases, parallels the female in question and Poe 's sickly and prematurely deceased wife Virginia Clemm. Poe seems to take different stances on both death and love between works changing his outlook on each of the topics. In The Cask of Amontillado Poe uses death as a tool for seeking revenge. Whereas in Annabel Lee Poe uses death to bring out the true beauty of an individual. But, in most cases both of these themes are present in Poe 's works just altering in form and meaning. In Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous works he explores the constant shifting relationship between the themes of love and death.

A friendship is based on trust, but do we truly know anyone in the way we think? In “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allan Poe, a man named Fortunato is about to find out what kind of ‘friend’ Montresor really is. Montresor shows himself to be friendly with Fortunato, but deep down he feels nothing but hate for him. In different ways, both of these men are proud and appear upper class, yet both have faults which will be there undoing. Edgar Allan Poe uses language in a way which provides an understanding of the true nature of the relationship between the two men. The two men are described differently, but they both have something in common; quenching the thirst for something long awaited. Poe reproduces great literary elements with eloquence, the theme of deception and revenge, is justified through the use of Irony and symbolism.

The one part of the dialogue that the narrator and Fortunato talk about the cask of drinks called amontillado. Through the word as amontillado is continuously repeated, the title is significant emphasized and stimulate and engage readers also as the novel use incendiary words. The cask of amontillado written by Edgar Allan Poe, father of detective story. Someone says why Edgar Allan Poe’s novel is so dark and horror story, because of background. Mother passed away and father left, it causes mental problems to Edgar Allan Poe. The novel is the greatest monody of 19th century also American novelist and critic and the novel submitted to Godey’s Lady’s book at first. The cask of amontillado genre is detective story novel and horror story also gothic fiction. Especially, the novel showed various types of symbol about gothic fiction genre, such as castle, explain the catacomb, carnival. Gothic fiction produces an atmosphere of terror as the Middle Ages background and shows frightening a horrible mentality of person. The cask of amontillado doesn’t show when the event is happened correctly but the novel’s setting is a carnival season in one city of Italia. The story begins with the narrator as well as main character describing background about determining revenge on his friend, Fortunato who ignore and abuse the narrator in other words, but not detail. The part allows readers to imagine the stories in their heads. To cut a long story short, the novel story line is the process of

Edgar Allan Poe’s life was the epitome of unfortunate and melancholy. At a very young age he was orphaned and separated from his siblings, leaving him quite isolated and alone. However, if he had never gone through such an arduous and cruel life he would have never become one of the most revered writers of all time. His life was best described by Alfred Tennyson at his funeral, “Fate that once denied him, And envy that once decried him, And malice that belied him, Now cenotaph his fame.” A couple of years prior to his funeral, he published a short story called ‘The Cask of Amontillado’. In this short story, the narrator keeps his intentions clear but does not reveal the reason for them. He leaves the reader confused as to why he decided to murder Fortunato. Some believe that this story is nothing but, Poe unveiling the truth about human nature. On the contrary, a paper published by Lena V. Baraban argues that the reason for the assassination of Fortunato is simply hidden in the text. In my opinion, Baraban makes an interesting and compelling argument because Poe’s writing is never what it actually seems.

Do you remember that thing you did, yeah THAT thing, that one you got away with? You get that sick feeling every time you think about it, that feeling is called guilt. You regret doing it so you blame the feeling on something else, but eventually, you know you it will stick with you until you confess. After confessing, you get grounded and your parents take away your phone for about a week usually, that means, GUESS WHAT, no Snapchat streaks! Oh no! Tragedy isn't it? Well, realize that you aren't the only person who gets this feeling. Mr. Montressor, from Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado" has this feeling for 50 years.