POWER Can be defined as: A possession of control, authority or influence over others. Act 1: • We see how Iago shows power over Roderigo when he convinces him to go and tell Brabantio of Desdemonas dealings with Othello. “Call up her father, Rouse him; make after him, poison his delight” Which Is exactly what Roderigo ends up doing. It is because of this influence and power that Iago is able to manipulate everyone throughout the play. For example when he convinces Cassio to drink even though Cassio doesn’t want to, when he convinces Emilia to steal the handkerchief from Desdemona even though she doesn’t want to.
The words cask and casket have the same root. The relationship between the two represents the means to draw Fortunato down to the catacombs and then on to the bricked casket. Fortunato's passion for good wine leaves him impressionable to flattery, which Montresor provides. Amontillado symbolizes pleasure and greed, and Fortunato is willing to travel through a graveyard to get what he wants. The need for wine betrays him, and the Amontillado signals his downfall.
This aroused people to think Poe was a sociopath and strange as a person in real life. The title, “The Cask of Amontillado” has a meaning of its own. The word “cask” is the root word for “casket” which symbolizes Fortunato casket and Amontillado which is the wine he was lured into Montresor’s trap. In this story, Poe is telling the story in first person point of view. He is Montresor, the protagonist of the story who will take revenge on Fortunato, the antagonist.
It is also quite imperceptible to any known method of autopsy." Here the old shop owner is introducing Austin to the “Life Cleaner”, he begins talking about this potion before even mentioning that he sells a “Love Potion”. The shop owner is, in his own way, warning Austin of what most people come back for. "How carefully she will look after you! She will never allow you to be tired, to sit in a draught, to neglect your food.
This just tells us that he knows what he is doing is wrong because he says himself we shouldn’t rush. Yet still he goes on and marries them! Now, how foolish can someone get? The next thing Friar Lawrence did was give Juliet a dangerous potion that could’ve killed her. “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink thou off”.
Poe does not come right out and say “drinking too much will kill you.” However, when one looks at the ancient Greek story of “King Midas” it does not overtly state that “unbridled greed is bad for you” (Bulfinch). That is the overall impression we get when we “read between the lines” or think about the tale from the perspective of “what is the author trying to tell us?” When applied like that, it does appear as though Poe is trying to say that drinking will kill you because Fortunato died as a result of his desire to taste the nonexistent Amontillado. The final piece is very obvious, the actions of Fortunato being drunk and
For instance, Odysseus offers Polyphemus fiery wine in order to knock him out (280-283). Withal, this guarantees that it would give the needed time to the crew. Also, by using his persuasive skills, Odysseus intoxicates Polyphemus and manipulates him to carry out the plan. Furthermore, Odysseus continues his display of intelligence when planning his sly escape. The Greek hero describes the plan as, “three abreast/ I tied them, silently together, twining/ cords of willow from the ogre’s bed;/ then slung a man under each middle one/” (360-363).
The title of story plays a big part in deceiving Fortunato. The word cask, which means wine barrel, is derived from the same root word used to form casket, meaning coffin. Therefore when Montresor is speaking of going to the cask he is ironically speaking of Fortunato’s casket (Cummings 2). Along with the title Fortunato’s name is very ironic. In Italian Fortunato means fortunate one, this is ironic because Fortunato is very unfortunate in the story because he is being led to his death and is treated like a fool.
The curse on Thebes serves as the conflict in the story. Oedipus plays the force moving to resolve the conflict by seeking the late king’s killer. He learns early on how to lift the curse, but is unable to because of his failure to realize that he is the murderer of Laïos. He is the force that opposes the protagonist’s motion in that it is his inability to accept guilt and his ignorance of this guilt that delays the removal of the curse. In addition, Oedipus’ role as the antagonist is concretized by his having caused the conflict: he is guilty of the murder of Laïos and is therefore the bringer of the curse.
|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.