The Way I See The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

According to R.J Russ “poe tells a tale of revenge and humiliation ,the way this particular story symbolizes poe’s work that has a mind boggling ending. although there is no motive,poe uses symbolism to try to answer questions in the short story ;amontillado clown costume , the way fortunato dies .” “My dear fortunato , you are luckily met. ” in the “cask of amontillado” there are plenty of things that mean something else for example fortunato , he is anything but fortunate.

Studymode.com insisted as follows “we notice the apparition of irony in the story. the very name fortunato would clearly imply that this is a man of good fortune , when the actual case is that he is about to suffer a mostly untimely demise;the end of his life.’’ “And i to your long life .”he drank to fortunato’s short life. the simple name fortunato is ironic in the poem because he is everything but fortunate and dies.

kerry michael points out that “physical attacks injuries dont bother me , but atack my name and reputation (insults) and i will seek revenge.” “but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge .” the author was talking about how Montresor’s family motto is something similar to nobody harms me without being harmed. i find this to be very intreasting us as humans have a natural instinct that is in us to defend ourselves and those close’s to us. what i think is that montresor is getting his revenge on fortunato because maybe he slept with his wife any man would do the same. another opinion of mine would be fortunato might have taken montresor out of the liquor industry and have surpassed montresor and for this reason montresor kills fortunato

Brighthub education.com portrays that “The treasure the narrator possesses is the knowledgeof the...

... middle of paper ...

...s knowledge of a perfect murder. Montresors pride was his code of arms his family motto of if i get hurt you get hurt. Fortunato was a true fool he was even dressed as one, his pride was his wine which leads to his fall.

Works Cited

Lorcher Trent “symbolism and irony in “The cask of amontillado.” Bright Hub Education.Bright hub, Inc. 9 oct 2013.web.17 Mar 2014

Russ .RJ “symbolism in Edgar allan poe’s the cask of amontillado.”Yahoo voices, yahoo, Inc.,28 April 2008. web . 17 Mar 2014.

Shroop Editorial Team. “the cask of amontillado” writing style .” shroop. university, Inc., 11 Nov 2008. web. 17 Mar 2014.

Study mode Editors. “Irony and symbolism in the cask of amontillado. Study Mode N.P, Oct 1999. web 17Mar 2014.

Wood .Kerry “literary. Analysis:irony in the cask of amontillado” By Edgar Allan Poe . Humanities 360 . Helium , inc. (Nov 2007. Web. 17 Mar 2014.