The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado is a scary short story where Edgar Allan Poe uses a lot of irony and symbolism, which centered on the theme of revenge, love and hate, the power of the dead over the living, and pride. The main character and narrator, Montresor, feels that he has been wronged by a friend, Fortunato, so in order to make things right, in his mind, he must seek vengeance against the man. Montresor entices Fortunato, the wine taster into his family tomb with the offer of tasting a dry Sherry of Amontillado. In the catacombs, he walls in the unfortunate Fortunato. Through telling the story through the eyes of an unreliable narrator and the use of irony, Poe makes the reader examine the internal mental process of a man over the top. From the first line of the story, his readers already notice that the narrator is completely straightforward with his audience. He exclaims;
" In this page of the story, both the reader and Montresor know of his plan of murder about Fortunato when he comes down into the catacombs in search for the wine. As stated by Montresor, "A huge human foot d'or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel, and the motto?" "Nemo me impune lacessit," the foot symbolizes Montresor and the serpent symbolizes Fortunato, where Fortunato has wrong Montresor and his ancestors and Monresor is determined to uphold his family motto. The setting where the story takes place was supposed to be at a carnival, where celebrations and happiness, everyone is expected to have fun and enjoy themselves but ironically, that night was meant to be a night of death and revenge. Ironically, Montresor could care less of Fortunato's health; instead he is concerned about his own benefit of operation by luring him into the catacombs to go on with his plan. "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. But, Fortunato does not think that Montresor will do anything to hurt him. Finally, the titles of the story, "The Cask of Amontillado" represent the forthcoming ruin of Fortunato: his pursue for the cask which, in the end, will be his casket. In the story, Montresor is said to be a member of the well-distinguished group of men, but actually he is a mason, which ironically, he uses his talent and skills as a mason including his trowel to build the wall that locked up Fortunato. We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible. He seeks vengeances in support of his principle. " Not just that, but also Poe uses a dramatic irony as described when Montressor expresses his apprehension about Fortunato's health by saying, "Come", he said, with decision, "we will go back; your health is precious.
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