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Symbolism In The Amontillado By Edgar Allan Poe

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Along with irony and characterization, symbolism is used to prove that people hold grudges, their pride of identity gives way to revenge, which can end in a fatality. The wine and apple are symbolic of temptation. Montresor is deep in the catacombs with Fortunato, but the only thing that he is focused on is the wine, not his safety.They are both used to make them think that they are getting what they want, but instead the opposite happens. “But I must first render you all the little attentions in my power.’ ‘The Amontillado!’ ejaculated my friend, not yet recovered from his astonishment.” (Page 378, Poe) The main character from “A Poison Tree then said, “Till it bore an apple bright;/ And my foe beheld it shine,/ And he knew that it was
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