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
In “The Cask of Amontillado”, Edgar Allan Poe displays the theme of revenge and manipulation. The narrator Montresor pledges revenge on Fortunato for an insult that is never explained. He maintains an appearance of goodwill towards Fortunato and decides to make use of Fortunato's weakness for fine wines against him. During the carnival season, the narrator approaches Fortunato, telling him that he has come across something that could pass for Amontillado a rare and expensive wine. Fortunato being excited about the news insists on accompanying Montresor to the vaults to determine whether it is Amontillado or not.
“The Cask of Amontillado,” written by Edgar Allen Poe, has a very suspenseful mood and it is portrayed with various key details. Some scenes that prove suspense is the theme are, when Montresor explains to the reader that he is seeking revenge on Fortunato, when Montresor captured Fortunato, as well as, when Fortunato sobers up while chained to the rock. In the first sentence of this passage, Poe writes this, “...I had borne as best I could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.” What did Fortunato do to make Montresor so mad, what is Montresor going to do to Fortunato--these are only two of the many questions that the reader inquiries. This creates suspense because it hooks the reader and makes the reader want to continue reading.
In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Edgar Allen Poe uses visual imagery to create suspense. At a crucial point in the story the main character Montresor says “my heart grew sick on account of the dampness of the catacombs.” Here Montresor is contemplating whether or not to “take out” Fortunato. While wandering through the catacombs Montresor intentionally gives Fortunato more wine so that he does not realize he is going further and further into the catacombs. When the reader hears him say “my heart grew sick” that raises the question of why, Montresor feels bad for Fortunato at this specific time in the story. The reader is found in suspense wondering what is going to happen next is Montresor going to kill Fortunato or not?
The Cask of Amontillado is a cynical story by Edgar Allen Poe. Poe explains that the main character Montresor is angry at Fortunato because a long time ago he insulted him and now he’s seeking “revenge” (236). The only way fit for him to get his revenge is by killing Montresor by luring him into his wine cellar in the catacombs and burying him alive. Poe uses irony in their names, conversations and personalities to help better understand the characters and their relationship The names of all the characters and the story title are ways of Poe showing irony.
Edgar Allan Poe and Richard Connell both have amazing suspense in their story. Poe’s story, “ The Cask of Amontillado,” has good suspense but his doesn’t use enough. A good suspense quote he uses is “ The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.” One quote from “ The Most Dangerous Game “ is “Whenever he looked up from his plate he found the general studying him, appraising him narrowly.” Connell story uses good suspense because Zaroff actions and words make the person want to think.
Amontillado Amontillado is very unlikely character in the cask of amontillado mainly because he is an inanimate object since amontillado is inanimate can amontillado be static or dynamic. Amontillado is static because he is the instrument of fortunato’s death and that is his goal in the plot. Amontillado is an important part of the cask of Amontillado since he is a static character can he also be round or flat. Amontillado is an instrument of Fortunato’s death is the only way we see Amontillado in the story which makes him a static character.
The fictional short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe takes place in the catacombs of Montresor’s palace, during the carnival’s climax. The story begins when Montresor, the villain of the story, vows revenge on Fortunato. Throughout the story, the author doesn't tell us what the revenge will be, but his choice of words in the details creates a mood in the reader. The author’s detailed description in the short story creates different moods in the reader like anger, satisfaction, curiosity, and victory because the chosen words connect with the audience.
All of Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” takes place in the catacombs beneath the home of Montresor. Montresor lures Fortunato down into the catacombs to kill him for insulting him. Montresor lures Fortunato by telling him he has a cask of Amontillado in the catacombs under the house. They get to the end of the catacombs and Montresor lures Fortunato into a dark room. While Fortunato is looking around for the Amontillado, Montresor is building a wall to block Fortunato in which kills him.
In the horror fiction,“The Cask Of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe the author uses dramatic irony to develop the theme of revenge and how that only made it easier for Montresor to punish Fortunato. In the story Poe uses dramatic irony in this line, “I continued to smile… but he did not perceive the thought of his own immolation”(Poe, 1) to emphasize that Fortunato had no clue what Montresor was thinking. Montresor lures Fortunato to his own death by making him drunk but as they go deeper into the cave, the mold makes Fortunato sick so he starts coughing. This resembles that Montresor had planned the death of Fortunato long before because he knew how to lure him into his trap and make him follow his lead.
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.
“The Cask of Amontillado” Précis (1). In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” Edgar Allan Poe explores the evil that is within us, for example. (2) In the text, Montresor seeks revenge on Fortunato for all of Fortunato’s wrongs toward Montresor by luring Fortunato into his family catacombs and burying him alive (GO OVER WITH GROUP) .(3) Poe displays the evil within us through the use of Irony and first-person narration.
Though many critics and scholars like to discuss the “terror” of The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe, the word doesn’t truly suit the story’s mood. The story’s sense of inexorable doom rides on its juxtaposition of ominous characters against a tranquile setting in the introduction, and colorful characters on a bleak background for the remainder of the tale. Poe primes the reader for a grisly ending with visual clues early, so the literal and figurative descent is far less terrifying than it is disquieting. By introducing elements of the macabre early and gradually saturating the story’s atmosphere with ominous details, Edgar Allen Poe crafts a suffocating mood of impending and inexorable doom in The Cask of Amontillado.
