At the climax of the story, Montresor chains a drunken Fortunato to a wall and seals him in a catacomb. From outside of the newly made crypt “...came forth in return only the jingling of the bells. My heart grew sick...” (pg. 822) After his plan goes through without a hitch and he has gotten his vengeance, Montressor feels great remorse and guilt for the horrible act he has just committed. The story of Montresor’s quest for revenge shows that revenge, even if justified, can leave one with eternal
This incident led him to seek revenge against the man who stole his wife and later betrayed her. He used the knowledge he had gained from years of reading to disguise himself as a doctor and entered the society. He made it his life’s mission to find Hester’s lover and punish him. Chapter nine, The Leech, and chapter ten, The Leech and His Patient, focus mainly on Roger Chillingworth and his relationship with Revered Dimmesdale; therefore, they reveal a great deal about Chillingworth’s true values. IN these two chapters, because of his thirst of revenge, we see Chillingworth evolve from a gentle gracious man to a malicious one.
“For whoever killed Laius might decide to raise his hand against me. So, acting on behalf of Laius, I benefit myself, too”(Sophocles 10). The intended meaning is that Oedipus wants to find the murderer of Laius not only to save Thebes, but incase the murderer decides to kill Oedipus since he is king as he did Laius when he was king. The unintended meaning is that Oedipus himself is the murderer so he is trying to protect himself from himself, which ultimately fails because he pierces his own eyes. “I shall make a proclamation, speaking as one who has no connection with this affair, nor with the murderer”(Sophocles 14).
Doesn’t he, Frank?” (173) His personality is one of superiority. Kenny does not care that what he says or does may hurt someone; he just wants to get on with life. He is aware of all that goes on around him, yet chooses to talk about it at the wrong time. “Okay,” Kenny said. “I won’t say a word.
‘I ain’t mad. I never been mad an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing i want you to know.’ (pg.106, Of mice and Men. John Steinbeck. 1993) Its is evident that there was no choice for George but to do it himself than let any of the other strangers kill Lennie, he knew that there was no chance left for Lennie and it was for the best, because George was able to do it, that shows how deep his friendship goes and how much he cared about Lennie.
He was also dressed as a jester considering he was getting fooled as he gets deceived by Montresor. This story starts as Montresor saying, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge”. Montresor first brushed off insults from Fortunato that he had encountered in the past until Montresor felt insulted for the second time. Montresor
George is a character who doesn’t take advantage of Lennie’s misfortune. “Huh?” This implies that the point made by the boss is absolutely absurd and that he has never considered taking Lennie’s money away from him. The boss says that “what stake you got,” which implies that the boss thinks that George is a cunning character. The fact that George doesn’t take his money shows that George is faithful to Lennie and that their friendship is very strong. George considers Lennie to be his cousin.
Analysis of “The cask of Amontillado” Could you ever imagine killing someone and in that case: what would be the motive behind it? Maybe you would answer that you would not, but what if your supressed feelings were strong enough to drive you so insane that you wanted someone dead? After all we are just human with sense of justice, who can only take just so much. This is dealt with in the horror short story “Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allan Poe's and first published in 1846, where the main character, Montresor, builds Fortunato into a wall in order to to take revenge on him, because he feels insulted by him. The first person narrator, Montresor, is very unreliable, because he tries to make us perceive Fortunato and the killing of him in a certain way, as he does not want us the sympathize with him.
|ENGLISH 102 | |[ ESSAY # 1 , Final Copy] | |“The Cask of Amontillado” | |Victor Grigorov | |2/22/2012 | The Cask of Amontillado The Cask of Amontillado, written by Edgar Allan Poe, is a story with the theme of revenge where the narrator Montresor tries to persuade the reader that his carefully crafted murder of Fortunato is deserved. The ominous tale is told through Montresor, a witty and sinister man who plots vengeance against Fortunato for insulting his family. Montresor’s family motto is "Nemo me impune lacessit," (159) which means, "No one dare attack me with impunity” (159), and he certainly lives up to these words. Since the narration is told through the character Montresor, the audience gets a dark look inside the evil thoughts of a man scorned, and is able to get closer to the cold heart of a killer. Throughout the story, Montresor tries to convince the reader that Fortunato is a cruel drunk, and his own plans for murder are just.
Bradbury has chosen these final words for Beatty to show the readers that by using literature, Beatty dares Montag to end his life. There is a sense of irony in the cause of Beatty’s death because what drives Captain Beatty to die is the shame of discovering that he had been lying to himself about his feelings for books. Captain Beatty was not worried about any threats because he already “wanted to die,”(122) he didn’t fear death, on the contrary, he looked forward to it. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the Caesar believes he’s God and that he has so much power that he needs to be reminded that he is mortal. The fire chief is telling Montag, through literature, that he doesn’t care about anything Montag says because he believes in his ideas and he doesn’t respect Montag’s believes.