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Examples Of Foreshadowing In The Cask Of Amontillado

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Edgar Allan Poe is one of the best at writing stories in a dark or creepy way. The mood of Poe’s short story, “The Cask of Amontillado”, is suspense. He creates this suspense by the use of the setting, foreshadowing, and Montresor’s character throughout the book. Poe makes the catacombs dark and creepy which makes the setting help provoke the suspense of the story. Poe also creates foreshadowing throughout the book which creates tension in the story. Poe creates Montresor’s character cunning, secretive, and evil which helps create the suspense in the story. Poe is able to create and sustain a suspenseful mood in “The Cask of Amontillado” using setting, foreshadowing, and the characterization of Montresor. One way Poe creates suspense in his …show more content…

As Montresor leads Fortunato down deeper and deeper into the catacombs Fortunato's coughing seems to be getting worse. “Come, we will go back; your health is precious” Montresor says to Fortunato but he would not and replies with “Enough, the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough” as for Fortunato did not want to turn back (Poe 7). This represents a foreshadow because Fortunato does not believe he will die not knowing Montresor plans to kill him. As they continue down the catacombs they reach upon their destination. Once upon their destination Montresor makes his final move and chains Fortunato to the ground. Then Montresor starts to build up a wall to trap him in. As Montresor finishes up his wall he hears something among the noise and stops to listen “Ha! ha! ha!-he! he! he!-a very good joke, indeed-an excellent jest. We will have many a rich laugh about it at the palazzo-he! he! he!-over our wine-he! he! he!” said Fortunato thinking all of this was a joke (Poe 10). But really it was not a joke, and Montresor was planning to kill Fortunato deep inside the eerie catacombs. This foreshadowing that occurs throughout the story creates the suspense that keeps the reader on

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When Montresor tricks Fortunato into coming into the vaults with him it gets the reader on the edge of their seat wondering how Montresor will get his revenge. Poe leaves readers wondering what will happen until the climax comes and Montresor traps Fortunato in the wall of the vault for all eternity.

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The authors also want the readers to have a mutual hatred towards Fortunato. 2. The techniques the author uses to help the readers visualize the place, people, and the events taking place within the story is imagery. He goes into details about the settings, and he also describes the coldness of being underground. The author also uses foreshadowing “I shall not die of a cough” and Montresor says “true” meaning he’ll probably die from dehydration and starvation in the vault.

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Montresor acts as if he is worried the conditions of the vaults will worsen the conditions of Fortunato, who has already been afflicted with a severe cold. This action would have given Fortunato a more comfortable feeling towards Montresor. When one person shows concern towards another’s well being, it provides the other person with a feeling of comfortability. As a result of this, Fortunato does not think twice when asked if he wants to visit the catacombs. Poe uses a villain protagonist, like Montresor, “...who hate their enemies but whose hate becomes even more sinister and implacable because they mask it with signs of affection.”

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“I know what I must do. I shall enter those catacombs and prove none of this is real and Fortunato is in fact dead. “ Later that day Montresor went to the catacombs once more after being there a year ago from

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Authors put a lot of effort into their work, but do things like foreshadowing hint at what is coming next in the story? Foreshadowing is a widely known literary device used in all sorts of literature, adding little things that may hint a future outcome. The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allen Poe, and Scarlet Ibis, by James Hurst, are two of the many short stories that have a lot of foreshadowing, but are presented in different ways. In both of these stories, most of the foreshadowing shows off death, so the authors used a more grim style. The reason why these two short stories were chosen, though, was because of how the writers applied the technique into the plot.

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Issac Newton said that “I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people. ”(Newton). “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allan Poe is a story about hidden intrinsic lunacy of human by applying 3 literary devices to explain its theme: irony, symbolism and foreshadowing. Through the literary devices, the story succeeded to reveal peculiar atmosphere, features of characters and an allusion to Fortunato’s death. To start with the first literary device, “The Cask of Amontillado” used 2 kinds of ironies such as verbal and situational irony to imply Montresor’s murder plan.

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In Edgar Allan Poe’s work, A Cask of Amontillado, one of his most popular works, we observe the unwarranted vengeance of a man named Montresor against his foe Fortunato. Poe uses several literary elements to best express how Montresor gets his revenge, environment and garb worn by the two characters. They enhance the setting, foreshadowing and symbolism in the story to create the overall theme; the theme being that madness will consume you and drive you to unspeakable acts. In A Cask of amontillado, Poe uses three literary elements to express the outcome and process in which Montresor schemes to kill Fortunato, verbal irony, dramatic irony, and foreshadowing.

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Compare and Contrast Edgar Allan Poe Stories Edgar Allan Poe is one of the greatest authors of literature that has ever lived. He had a unique way to entice the readers, and create a whole environment with the main characters narrating the events of the story. But what makes his stories so great that they pass the test of time? Poe would commonly write most of his stories with similar elements; we will be exploring the similarities and differences of The Cask of Amontillado and The Black Cat.

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Tooth for Tooth In the short story “A Cask of Amontillado” two wealthy rival Italian men with a taste for wine descend into the catacombs of one of the noblemen’s house who goes by Montresor. All is not well, though, as Montresor’s rival Fortunato has offended him greatly in the past, all of which has convinced Montresor enough to seek out vengeance on his rival and past friend. Through careful planning and patience Montresor proves that the recurring theme of this story is that revenge is a dish best served cold, and that the overwhelming amount of deceit shows the hatred Montresor had for Fortunato. The insult that was dealt to Montresor by Fortunato provokes him to cease their friendship and causes him to seek out revenge on Fortunato, thus making it more effective.

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The quote shows the author's details create a shocking mood in the readers because he describes a detailed image the helps the reader envision what is going on. This action takes the audience by surprise because they know Montresor is getting revenge, but they aren’t told what it will be so they are as clueless as Fortunato. Montresor threw a torch in the niche where he tied Fortunato up and he finished closing up the wall, killing a man who considered him a friend. “I thrust a torch to the remaining aperture and let it fall within… I force the last stone into position; I plastered it up.” (pg7)

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There is beauty in his description of the crypt and the arrangements of bones which resemble the catacombs in Paris. Poe also adds a sense of humor to Montresor’s tone when he is describing how he managed to get his servants out of his house. This further engages the reader into making them believe that maybe Montresor isn’t completely demented and has the humor of an average and fair-minded individual, but this is far from the truth. Overall, it may be said that “The Cask of Amontillado” is a dark and horrifying story that is beautifully told through the creative writing style of Edgar Allen Poe.

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“The only question left unanswered was; ‘How did Fortunato’s body wind up in a dig site in the countryside? As one of the victims of the feud, there are only two people who know the answer to this question; considering, the story was passed down through the generations. The answer is quite simple; ‘Of course, Fortunato did not escape the catacombs, yet he was gracefully buried because a little girl cared for the awful corpse.” Thanks to that little girl and her brother, Fortunato’s life lasted longer than Montresor ever dreamed; eventually, she vowed, they would get revenge.

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Lily Martin Miss. McNally English 9 October 15, 2015 Literary devices that uplift the tone of “Cask of Amontillado” The exquisite horror in which Poe wrote, sparked a literature revolution. Poe was often perceived by many people as mad or even mentally insane. Society shunned Poe after marrying his thirteen year old cousin who later died of tuberculosis.

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(Poe 1). The passage is unclear about what misdeed Fortunato incurred upon Montresor, but it can be inferred that it bothered Montresor so much that the idea of burying Fortunato alive seemed to be an appropriate revenge.

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Montresor told Fortunato that he is a “rich, respected, admired, beloved” (86) man. He does not actually think that. When he says he “must not only punish” (83) Fortunato, but he must “punish [him] with impunity” (83), which he does. The first step in Montresor's plan is to get Fortunato to go in the catacombs. He says to Fortunato, “Come, we will go back, your health is precious” (86).

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