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Mood In The Cask Of Amontillado By Edgar Allan Poe

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The reader’s experience of a piece of literature is affected by the mood of the work, or the feeling it instills in the reader. Authors apply various methods to help set a specific mood, including various sensory details, or imagery, as well as other descriptions. A common type of mood found in literature is an anxious, suspenseful mood. In Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories and novels, this type of mood is often present. In “The Cask of Amontillado”, Edgar Allan Poe includes details about setting, sounds, and sights to establish an anxious mood. Setting details enhance the mood by providing background information to the plot. At the beginning of the short story, Poe explains “It was about dusk one evening…” (234). This, in combination
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