Examples Of Foreshadowing In The Cask Of Amontillado

There is a lot of suspense in this story and some foreshadowing that leads to it.The first thing we read is that Sanger Rainsford yacht is near an island called Ship Trap Island. We are told that sailors are very afraid of the place. A second bit of foreshadowing comes a bit later when Rainsford talks about hunting. He says that no one cares how the hunted animal feels. This foreshadows the fact that he will become a hunted animal himself.
A little later, Whitney talks about how he felt evil “a sudden dread” when they got near the island.Then, when Rainsford drags himself onto the shore of the island, the whole description of the island is scary and causes suspense.After that first night, when Zaroff deliberately lets Rainsford go, he is
These elements work together to let the reader know that Fortunato will die before the story is over.
First, the journey that Fortunato and Montresor take is from the light and joy of a carnival through an underground tunnel that becomes darker, colder and more poisonous as they continue walking. Poe describes their descent into a "deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow than flame," and talks about the nitre in the air around them as they go deeper underground and Fortunato comes closer to death. This slow, dangerous descent helps build suspense as the reader becomes increasingly aware of Fortunato's murderous plan.
Similarly, Poe includes many symbols of death that become increasingly more macabre as the story continues. At the beginning of their journey together, Montresor draws a "mask of black silk" around him, as if he were on his way to a funeral. Next, Poe mentions the "damp ground of the catacombs," which are a more obvious symbol of death. Eventually, Poe launches into a vivid description of the piles of human remains which line the walls of the crypt into which they enter. At this point, the morbidity of the symbolism is clear, and this symbolism has helped to create