Speckled Band Literary Devices

Building a house or even a skyscraper is nearly impossible without a good base. The base provides a strong so called stand for the house or skyscraper to build upon as it advances. Just as the base is important in this scenario, it can come of great use in stories but in a different form, literary devices. Meaningful authors can adequately place literary devices in their stories to enhance the theme and make it more apparent to the reader. The authors Arthur Conan, Edgar Allan Poe, and Saki use point of view, internal and external conflict, and symbols in their short stories to enhance and add depth to them. Arthur Conan, the author of “Speckled Band” starts his story off with the sudden appearance of Helen Stoner. She elucidates the matter that she has come to discuss, of her sister passing away due to an unexpected and unusual death. She describes the

This staggering short story is based around the character Montresor who has a strong desire to eliminate the one who has teased him for so long, Fortunato. In this short story Poe takes the reader through the evil, sick mind of Montresor as he executes his plan to kill Fortunato. The method in which he achieves this is what catches the reader's attention, for Montresor uses Fortunato’s love of wine to earn false trust in his heart. Slowly but surely Montresor leads Fortunato down into the casks below promising a bottle of Amontillado, a very rare wine, at the end. The story, instead takes a quick turn, when Montresor chains Fortunato to the walls and slowly builds a wall of bricks around him. “I had scarcely laid the first tier of the masonry when I discovered that the intoxication of Fortunato had in a great measure worn off. The earliest indication I had of this was a low moaning cry from the depth of the recess. It was not the cry of a drunken