Dampness of the Catacomb or Darkness of the Soul?
Edgar Allan Poe weaves through the lines of “The Cask of Amontillado” a sinister evil and engulfing feeling of darkness and dread. Poe uses the first-person point of view to reveal the thoughts of an unhappy, wealthy, and extremely spiteful individual. Through the very eyes and ears of the main character, whom we only know as a member of the Montresors, “a great and numerous family,” the reader becomes engaged in the writers vengeful attitudes and events. The very first line of the story reveals the theme that will be executed – “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.” The actual injuries and insults are never revealed, nor is the time frame from which the events occurred to when the revenge was carried out. It could have possibly been quite some time between the events for the reader is told that “at length I would be avenged:…but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not o
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Cask Amontillado”, Allan Poe, feeling darkness, darkness dread, feeling darkness dread,
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Approximate Word count = 691
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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