Comparing Poe and O'Connor
The stories "The Cask of Amontillado" by Poe and "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by O'Connor have similarities in the plot and theme. They approach an ending by giving the reader a slow decending feeling. With Poe's story Montressor is a persuasive and manipulative person who lures Furtunato to follow him to his wine cellar, in hopes of tasting the Amontillado. In O'Connor's story the lure is the old house that the grandmother wants to go see one last time. In Poe's story Montressor has his plans thought out of how to get Fortunato to come to his wine cellar. Montressor tells Fortunato that he ahs bought some Amontillado but isn't sure if it's really Amontillado, and that he is going to take it to Luchesi to have him taste it. Fortunato opposes this idea because "Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry." This iswhat Montressor uses the most
Neither story shows any evidence of something bad happening. The authors have very similar themes in their story but almost identical endings. to lure Fortuato down to the wine cellar. Fortunato thinks he will be helping his friend out by tasting the Amontillado; what he doesn't know is that Montressor is going to kill him. This resembles the dark woods in O'Connor's story. The way that these two authors use the setting makes the endings really stick out becaue of the tremendous difference from the begginings of these stories. The authors start the reader with a light hearted cheer to them and end with a dark greusome conclusion. In comparing these two stories there are several similarities to point out. Then, the grandmother reads an article in the paper about The Misfit. This makes both stories great because it's opposite from what would be expected to happen in either story. O'Connor puts the reader in a house with a normal family that has no problems, making the setting similar to the cheery carnival season that is in Poe's story. This would set a happy tone because vacations are pleasurable, like for Fortunato tasting the Amontillado would be pleasurable. These sudden changes make both stories really great because of the suprise it leaves the reader. The endings of both stories are actually the same, and it's ironic how they both lead up to the ending with a happy setting. The final scene is this story shows Montressor bricking a wall to trap Fortunato in, so he will die inside the cellar.
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O'Connor Bailey,
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Amontillado Luchesi,
o'connor's story,
poe's story,
tasting amontillado,
story montressor,
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dark woods,
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