How does the author want the reader to feel while reading "The Cask of Amontillado”? Poe wants to feel the unreliableness of Montresor and wants to create the gothic and spooky thrill of stories like his. What techniques does the author use to help you visualize the place, the people, and the events that are taking place within the story? Imagery was used throughout the story to describe the catacombs so that you can picture how dreary and a terrifying place it must be. As well as when Montresor describes Fortunato especially with “the wine twinkling in his eyes”.
In Edgar Allen Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado” there is a connective play on words used to create a theme of irony. Montresor has been offended in some way by his friend Fortunato and does not take this insult lightly. Using his passion of fine wines against him, Montresor lures a drunken Fortunato into the catacombs of his home. Catacombs are a group of passageways under the home, usually used in ancient homes as a burial place for ancestors. In “Cask of Amontillado” Poe uses this as the deep and dark place where Montresor tells Fortunato he is holding the Amontillado for his tasting.
Use of Irony Throughout the story, Poe uses verbal and dramatic irony to build suspense, foreshadow the ending, and add a touch of macabre humor. Here are some examples irony: The Title: The word cask, meaning wine barrel, is derived from the same root word used to form casket, meaning coffin. Thus, the cask figuratively represents Fortunato’s casket. Fortunato’s Name: The Italian name Fortunato suggests good fortune, luck. However, Fortunato is anything but fortunate; he is going to his death.
Faulkner has death in the readers mind by starting out with "When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral," (Faulkner) already giving the death theme before the reader knows anything. It hangs over the story the whole time. Because of Poe's writing style, Montressor is seen as a more unstable character than Emily. Throughout "The Cask Of Amontialldo," Montressor gives clues to his victim that he shall soon be punished. It shows that Montressor has put more thought into his murder, making it premeditated.
The irony enhances the brutality of the murder as the reader knows throughout Montresor is planning some revenge while Fortunato believes he is going to sample his friends wine. Secondly Poe weaves verbal irony, a statement in which the meaning that a speaker employs is sharply different from the meaning that is ostensibly expressed, throughout to add humor to the story. The story is filled with verbal irony as Montresor is planning on killing Fortunato so almost every word he speaks is ironic as he convinces Forunato continue into his catacombs to his eventual death. This is seen when Montresor tricks Fortunato into testing his Amontillado by telling him he is bringing it to Luchesi to which Fortunanto replies “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry” and Montresor replies “[a]nd yet some fools will have it that
Jake Ryan Mr. Lynch ENC102 February 9, 2015 The Cask of Amontillado Literary Analysis “The Cask of Amontillado,” a thrilling and dark tale with underlying and discreet truths about not only the story itself but about revenge in the world humans pretend to prosper in. Deep within musky catacombs a unique and somewhat disturbing event takes place between two men who have a hidden rival between each other yet hide their emotion behind bedazzled hats and sparkling wines. The rivalry between the two is far from simple, they disguise hatred behind complements such as “How remarkably well you are looking to-day” (101) that the reader can almost hear the sarcastic tone crying from the pages. Not only are truths hidden from the characters within the story, but the finale of the story is shown slightly and hinted at throughout the reading to the audience in both spoken and unspoken words. The short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” written by Edgar Allen Poe in 1846, implements immensely detailed scenery, thick character relations, and foreshadows, all of which excite the audience into drawing their own inferences and wanting more of this vengeful tale.
Catherine Gomez, Lesson 3.09 The Narrative Essay Final Draft In the dark, cold, insufferably damp vault Montresor was leading Fortunato to the Amontillado; but in truth, Fortunato was about to meet an unfortunate and cruel end. While Fortunato was a respected, feared man, Montresor was not. Montresor was in secret, an angry fellow, and when Fortunato had insulted him, Montresor vowed that he WOULD get his revenge. But Montresor and Fortunato were not all different. Both men had a connoisseurship in wine, and would buy large amounts whenever possible.
Fortunado has been insulted by Montressor and now he is out for revenge. Fortunado knows Montressor prides himself on his connoisseurship in wine , so he used that against him. He tells Montressor that he has come across a bottle of Sherry and wants to be assured it’s the real thing, he also offers to let Luchesi taste the wine knowing this would Montressor even more eager, being that Luchesi was Montressor's competition. Montressor was unaware that Fortuando was using the Sherry as bait , and eventually would kill him. Despite the many hints Montressor was given, he remained oblivious to the whole situation until it was too late.
“The Cask of Amontillado” is one of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories that have to do with revenge and a secret murder. The story begins with a man named Montresor who is tired of being ridiculed by Fortunato so he seeks revenge by tricking Fortunato using reverse psychology. In “The Cask of Amontillado” every narrative detail contributes to a single intense effect which defines Poe's theory of short fiction, which is why I enjoy Poe’s style of writing so much. Poe stuck with his horrifying style of writing but instead of making it about being love and heartbreak with a woman; he told a tale of
The first and most evident symbol of the story was found in the title. The infamous Amontillado wine. A wine that Montressor was believed to have within his cellar. Although this just appears to be a type of wine, it portrays a completely different meaning beneath the surface. This wine directly correlates to the type of man Fortunato is made out to be.