Cask of Amontillado1
Thesis: The descriptive details in "The Cask of Amontillado" not only appeal to the senses of the audience, but also show that the narrator has a memory that has been haunted with details that he can recall fifty years later."The vividness with which [Poe] transcribes his sensory experiences contributes powerfully to the response his stories invoke" (Fagin 202). In "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allan Poe uses captivating images to descriptively tell a tail of revenge, while appealing to the senses of the audience. In "The Cask of Amontillado," Montressor seeks to have revenge on Fortunato for an unknown insult. Montressor confesses at the beginning of the story, "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge" (Lowell 214). Montresor wants to "not only punish, but p
New York: The Book league of America, 1940. Every time Montresor takes special notice of the sound of the bells the audience is made aware of the surrounding silence. His silences are "eloquent" because they alternate with sound(202). "Rituals of Execution in Early Modern German. " Another example of verbal irony is occurs when Montresor toasts to Fortunatos long life. One can imagine the effect the sound of these bells would have when the story is performed. "Poe's 'The Cask' and the 'White Webwork Which Gleams'. Montresor says to Fortunato "You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. Montresor says that "Fortunato, like his country men, was a quack" (Lowell 214). " "The ironic jingling of the bells which marks the end of 'The Cask of Amontillado' is as perfect a curtain as could be devised" (Fagin 204). The picture the narrator paints a picture in the audience's mind that captivates the imagination.
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