In Edgar Allen Poe's gothic masterpieces, "The Fall of the House of Usher " and "The Cast of Amontillado" the author structures each story around the theme of inevitable guilt and punishment after a criminal or immoral act has been committed. ... In Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher ," the author uses the main character to illustrate the inevitability of punishment for an immoral act. ... confiding to the narrator he knew all along she was alive (Poe 540). ... Poe reveals Montresor's insanity as the man "[forces] the last stone into its position" and "[makes] an ...

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The Cask of Amontillado written by Edgar Allen Poe was first published in 1846. Poe is known for his dark tales of horror, murder, and apparent fear of being buried alive as seen by the central theme to many of his short stories. ... Although the reasons behind this murder tale aren't clear, Poe uses the theme of disguise to tell this gruesome tale. ... "the thousand injuries of Fortunato" and "when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge" (Poe 680). ... " (Poe 681). ...

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Short story analysis of: The Cask of Amontillado By: Edgar Allen Poe In one of Edgar Allen Poe's best-known Tales of horror, "The Cask Of Amontillado," he suggests that pride can be a very dangerous thing. ... Poe also implemented styles of realism and gothic into this story. ... Poe's use of symbolism is very creative from the names of the characters to the types of wines named in the story. ... Another literary device Poe used many times in this story was foreshadowing. ... Poe used more than just irony and foreshadowing in his story he also had auditory imagery and gothic im...

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Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" is a horror story about a carefully thought out and planned act of revenge, and murder. Poe lets the reader know right away and throughout the story that the outcome will be Montresor getting revenge on Fortunato. ...

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Edgar Allen Poe's writings were influenced strongly by his life. His parents died when he was young, and he lived with his godfather John Allen. ... Allen pulled him out and wouldn't let him continue. ... Edgar Allen Poe knew that these elements were scary and he expressed that in this story. ...

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Death is certainly a positive thing because it can bring a conclusion to a person who was a threat in the past. For kids, the death could be of a monster like the Bogey Man or Roseanne. Death is not always a bad thing if it is only seen only through the negative perspective. Death is a good thing in...

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What nudges someone so close to the edge, and then allows him or her to make the leap? In Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado", one character crosses that invisible line. He commits the murder of one who wronged him. Montresor's motivations for the crime are fueled by his incredible intellect...

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Irony in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" "The Cask of Amontillado," by Edgar Allen Poe, is a story wherein irony plays a critical role in unfolding the intentions of the unreliable narrator Montresor. ... He repeated the movement - a grotesque one" (Poe 476). ... This knowledge of Montresor, displayed to the reader but not to Fortunato, is another example of Poe's use of dramatic irony. ... Perhaps it is the most relevant irony that Poe ends the work with "In pace requiescat" (478). ... Throughout "The Cask of Amontillado" we find multiple examples or irony cleverly ...

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by Edgar Allen Poe depicts Montressor, a crestfallen man who has fallen short in life, yearning to find revenge upon his friend Fortunato, a wealthy, overtly arrogant wine connoisseur. ... Poe's story illuminates the theme of revenge and the result of an intense desire for such. ...

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Edgar Allen Poe was a writer who used a dark and negative theme in his works. "The Cask of Amontillado" is no different; in this work the main theme that Poe utilizes is revenge, a perfect example of a dark and negative theme. ... Poe uses many dark negative themes in his work such as revenge, this short story being a perfect example of his dark works. Poe uses symbols to convey this dark negative theme of revenge by using Montresor's coat of arms and his family's motto. In structure, there can be no doubt that Montresor's plan of revenge and, in fact, Poe's entire theme o...

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Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" is a horror story about a carefully thought out and planned act of revenge, and murder. Poe lets the reader know right away and throughout the story that the outcome will be Montresor getting revenge on Fortunato. ...

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Edgar Allen Poe takes the reader through a journey of deceit as the lead character, Montresor, leads Fortunato, a drunken, arrogant man, through a maze of enticements and ultimately to a premature death. ... Regardless of Poe's reasons for scribing this story, it serves as an example of delusion as well as imagination. ...

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In Edgar Allen Poe's " The Cask of Amontillado- Montresor seeks revenge on Fortunato. ... For example, Poe's first sentence states, " The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge - (173). ...

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At the Heart of Vengeance Story characters come to life through the characteristics that the author give them. In the story (The Cask of Amontillado), by Edgar Allen Poe, the main character, Monstresor, is furious with the thought of revenge. Monstresor is the victim of countless insults from the ch...

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Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" is the story of a man who leads another man into the catacombs of Italy to commit murder upon him. ... Thirdly, though he hides it well from the man upon whom he will commit the murder, throughout the story Poe gives us many foreshadowing hints of the narrators plan. ...

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." - Oscar Wilde, "The Importance of Being Earnest" In "A Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allen Poe reveals the emptiness of revenge and the wreckage that results. Poe paints a vivid picture of a man tormented by "the thousand injuries," (219) bestowed upon him by a rival. ...

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Literature often has themes and lessons about life. It's all around us, and whenever we read a story, we often relate to it. Three stories that I've read that relates to life are The Interlopers written by Saki, The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe and The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant. These ...

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