The short story The Cask of Amontillado was written by Edgar Allen Poe. This story was about a man confessing to a crime of revenge. The author uses Irony, the rules of revenge, and Reverse Psychology to develop this story. The use of irony was frequently found in The Cask of Amontillado. Instances from the story include the title, the name of one of the characters, and in the scene where Fortunato states that he “will not die of a cough.” The use of irony in the title is a great way to start of the story the title is The Cask of Amontillado and this means a cask of wine and cask is very similar to casket so the title could mean the casket of wine. In the story, Fortunato ends up dying to go after a rare wine and the casket for his death …show more content…
The first time reverse psychology is used is when the main character Montresor is talking to the priest. Montresor has convinced himself that he followed the rules of revenge and did everything right. However, he has broken all the rules of revenge by talking to the priest which breaks rule one not getting caught. Then breaks rule two by going back to the grave of Fortunato. He breaks the next rule of equal pain because the insult has haunted him even after Fortunato was dead. The other rule he broke was to make sure that the Fortunato knew why and who was doing this to him but he does not get the chance to do this because there was no response from Fortunato when called upon. The next use of reverse psychology is when Montresor says that Fortunato is too sick and that he will go get “Luchresi” instead. This motivates Fortunato to continue on and to show that he is stronger than his sickness. The third time this is used is on Montresor’s own servants he tells them that he will be out all night and tells them to stay at the house to work. But since the servants no that he will be out all night they leave so they can enjoy the ceremonies and
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In “The Cask of Amontillado” irony plays a vital role in the story. One example of verbal irony can be seen when Montresor first sees Fortunato at the carnival and says “My dear Fortu...
Dramatic Irony is irony when the audience knows something which the characters do not. An example of dramatic irony in The Cask is when Montresor expresses concern for Fortunato’s help. This is ironic because everyone except Fortunato knows that Montresor is not really concerned about his health. Montresor says, “Come, I said, with decision, we will go back; your health is precious” (Poe 238). Montresor lying about being concerned of Fortunato’s death is also ironic because, Montresor is concerned about luring Montresor into the catacombs to carry out his murder plan. Fortunato does not want Montresor to die of a cough, but wants to kill him himself. Montresor does not have the slightest clue that Fortunato is planning to murder
In the passage "The Cask of Amontillado” the characters have a unique relationship that is certainly one-sided. Irony is defined as the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies to opposite, usually used as sarcasm or as a hypothetical meaning. Fortunato and Montresor are explained by how their relationship is so different from one verses the other. In the story "The Cask of Amontillado" Edgar Allen Poe explains a lot about situational, dramatic and verbal irony.
Set in an unspecified Italian city and an unidentified year, the Cask of Amontillado is a short story that majorly revolves on revenge. Written by the much-celebrated literary expert Edgar Allan Poe, the short story is centered on the narrator who is hell bent exerting revenge on a friend who caused him great pain.
In the ten years following 1836, Edgar Allan Poe established himself as a short story writer, writing the well known stories “The Tell-Tale Heart” in 1843 and “The Cask of Amontillado” in 1846. As dark as his nature was, the two stories were equally dark, one about a man killing an elderly man with a creepy eye, and the other about a rich dude killing someone who insulted him. As both of the tales possess main elements of murder and death, both of them also have elements that link the stories even more such as their protagonists, character motivations, and resolutions.
For example, Montresor expresses concern about Fortunato and says, "Come, I said, with this decision, we will go back; your health is precious. Montresor does not want Fortunato to die from anything other than his own plan of slow death by asphyxiation. Symbolism in "The Cask of Amontillado" This story by Poe has numerous examples of symbolism. For example, the manner in which Fortunato is dressed is ironic for a man with societal prominence. Fortunato is a man of stature who is “rich, respected, admired” (Baym).
Irony is also used throughout this tale. The use of revenge in this story shows irony. Montressor avenges himself by fooling Fortunato into literally walking into his own grave. Fortunato pursues the "cask" which ends up being his own casket. Montressor even asks Fortunato repeatedly whether he would like to turn back.
In this short story, examples of irony and foreshadowing are presented very often in between lines. One of the very first things that I find as the biggest irony in this short story fiction is the victim’s name “Fortunato”. As I looked up the definition of the name, Fortunato means fortunate which is very ironic due to the fact that he is going to die, and be walled up in the catacombs. Aside from that, I also found a verbal irony at the very beginning of the story when Montresor first sees Fortunato at the carnival and says “My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met,” (Poe) .I found this to be very much ironic because, Fortunato is not actually lucky to have met Montresor who is actually going to murder him.
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In a psychological perspective, the author’s life is linked with the behavior and motivations of the characters in the story. In the story “Cask of Amontillado” the author is Edgar Allan Poe, who portrayed himself in the story. The miserable and depressing life of Poe can be measured through “The Cask of Amontillado” character Montressor, as he showed indifferent feeling towards his victim. His tragic life is somehow connected to his writings in which he portrays himself through the curtain of the narrator of the story. In the story Montressor was upset towards a character name Fortunado for some reason and he wanted to take revenge against Fortunado by burying him alive. This story is a true representation of Poe’s anguish and torment nature
Edgar Allen Poe most commonly known for his short stories, poems, and descriptive language in is writings, also wrote the story of "Cask of Amontillado". Mr. Poe uses several different descriptive words to set the tone for his story. From the very beginning of the story we know that it will be an eerie, sadistic, vengeful story. Mr. Poe speaks of revenge against a drunken jester who hurt his pride and humiliated his narrator.
In the story “The Cask of Amontillado”, the author uses lots of verbal irony to emphasize the evil intentions of Montresor.One of the examples of verbal irony in the story that he uses is “The cough’s a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough.” and “true--true, I replied.” The effect of this irony is it that Montresor already knows how Fortunato will die.Another example of verbal irony used in the story was when they did a toast to each other. “I drink”, he said, to the buried that repose around us.”
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Edgar Allan Poe is a famous writer in writing detective stories and horror stories. One of his horror stories, “The Cask of Amontillado” was talking about how a man took his revenge to his friend. However, to look deeply in this story, I found that this story was not just simply a horror tale about how a man gets his revenge in the safest way. Instead, it also demonstrates much irony in several areas: the title, the event, the season, the costume, the environment, the characters’ personalities, a man’s dignity and cockiness and at the end, the public order. he are