The Cask Of Amontillado Literary Analysis

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His greatest enemy was the boy next door. They were always competing for something, everything. He came undone when his next door neighbor stole the girl he had been hopelessly in love with since fourth grade. That was the final straw, he decided to take action against his neighbor. He sought out for revenge. Revenge is a funny thing. Funny in the sense that everyone feels at some point in time. Since it is so commonly felt many authors choose to write about it. In “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Coffin,” and “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Poe, Bradbury, and Dahl all present their views on revenge. Their themes are shown through literary devices such as setting, tone, mood, characterization, and irony. In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Poe presents