Revenge In Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is a frightening and entertaining short story about the severe consequences that result from persistent mockery and an unforgiving heart. Poe’s excellent use of Gothicism within the story sets the perfect tone for a dark and sinister plot of murder to unfold. “The Cask of Amontillado” simply overflows with various themes and other literary elements that result from Poe’s Gothic style of writing. Of these various themes, one that tends to dominant the story as a whole is the theme of revenge, which Poe supports with his sophisticated use of direct and indirect factors, irony, and symbolism.

Feuds and arguments between individuals who may disagree with or dislike one another are a common occurrence in everyday life, often varying in degrees of intensity, but rarely reaching a point of extremity. However, in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado”, This threshold of extremity is reached by the narrator of the story, Montresor, who explains that his acquaintance, Fortunato, has repeatedly and irreparably insulted him over the course of years, and uses it as justification to take justice into his own hands and seek retribution through murder, despite there being no proof of Fortunato's guilt other than Montresor’s claims. His motive for murdering Fortunato can be attributed to his state of mind, as Montresor’s lack of guilt, empathy, or remorse highlights him as a character with psychopathic tendencies. As the story progresses, Montresor’s cold and calculating nature leaves the audience full of dread and suspense while he lures the oblivious Fortunato towards his inevitable demise. The employment of rhetorical devices such as irony, theme, and structure builds the suspense for the ultimate climax of Poe’s gothic masterpiece.

"The Cask of Amontillado" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's greatest stories. In this story Poe introduces two central characters and unfolds a tale of horror and perversion. Montresor, the narrator, and Fortunato, one of Montresor's friends, are doomed to the fate of their actions and will pay the price for their pride and jealousy. One pays the price with his life and the other pays the price with living with regret for the rest of his life. Poe uses mystery, irony, and imagery to create a horrifying, deceptive, and perverse story.

During the carnival season in Italy, Montresor planned murder to occur in an underground catacomb. In his short story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” Edgar Allan Poe describes Montresor’s scheme in which he takes drunk Fortunato’s life. Montresor’s perfect crime, created to take revenge on Fortunato, builds suspense, changes the mood of the reader, and develops an essential theme.

?The Cask of Amontillado? raises a question pertaining to the multiple character of the self (Davidson 202); Can harmony of one's self be restored once primal impulses have been acted upon? This question proposes the fantasy of crime without consequence (Stepp 60). Edgar Allan Poe uses first person point of view, vivid symbolism and situational irony to show that because of man's inner self, revenge is ultimately not possible.

Revenge, the most common and understandable motive, the thing that makes self-justice lopsided and villains interesting. The Cask of Amontillado”, was written by the famous horror writer Edgar Allan Poe, this short tale focuses on the topic of revenge as a motive, and whether or not revenge is justifiable. At the beginning of this story, Montresor states, “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity” (lines 5-6). Montresor is explaining what will happen to Fortunato for insulting him; this is the earliest case of foreshadowing in the story given that Montresor murders Fortunato.

Every person must choose whether to exact revenge at some point in their life. Poe illustrates this inherent life situation while showing some ironic consequences that come along with getting revenge. In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor who is one of the main characters in this story uses reverse psychology and irony to trick and kill the person that wronged him. In this story Poe frequently uses literary devices such as irony and reverse psychology to manipulate his foreshadowing. Poe’s use of irony and reverse psychology can be both humorous and scary.

Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado is thought to be one of his most popular vengeful short novels. The two main characters, Montresor and Fortunato are re-acquainted friends who meet each other at The Carnival. Montresor has intentionally planned to lure Fortunato to his own death by deceiving him to believe that Fortunato is coming to Montresor's family catacombs to taste a fine wine “Amontillado”. After Montresor leads Fortunato into the crypts, Montresor eventually chains Fortunato up in a secluded section and mortars him behind a brick wall while he is still alive. The story ends with Montresor throwing a flaming torch into the small opening while he continues to put the last brick in place, essentially burning Fortunato alive. Edgar Allan Poe creates conflict between characters Montresor and Fortunato which primarily creates the major theme of revenge in this story. Edgar Allan Poe depicts setting in this novel by portraying death by illustrating human bones, within a cold and damp crypt to contribute to the eerie theme of revenge. Montresor's characterization is expressed through the betrayal of his friend, which adds another element to the theme of revenge in this story. In Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe utilizes conflict, setting, and characterization to create a theme of revenge.

There are times where someone will hurt a person. There are times when these people feel a lot of pain. And there are times when the person will want to get their revenge. That is exactly what’s going on in the story The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Montresor as he enacts a plot of revenge and death against Fortunato. This plot involves Montresor luring a drunk Fortunato to the catacombs of the Montresor family to kill him. He does this using Fortunato’s one weakness. The weakness is a love for vintage wines. He lures him down with the promise of a cask of Amontillado. The story follows Montresor as this evil plan is enacted. It also uses a lot of different literary terms, and one of the most obvious is the use

In Edgar Allen Poe’s, “The Cask of Amontillado,” he demonstrates that when revenge is obligatory, action must be taken to guarantee satisfaction. First, Montresor is seen carefully sealing the brick encounter shut. He is in no way in grieve when he states “for a brief moment I hesitated- I trembled. Unsheathing my rapier, I began to grope with it about the recess; but the thought of an instant reassured me” (379). Although Montresor is hesitant and may have been challenging his own idea, for his own fulfillment he confidently seals the chamber. In addition, when Montresor describes how he feels after the deed has been completed, he displays contentedness. Montresor states “my heart grew sick- on account of the dampness of the catacombs” (379)

Not only does Hop-Frog accomplish his revenge by killing the king, during the execution Hop-Frog sought further revenge through the humiliation of the king. Dressed as a primate the king was no better than Hop-Frog. Both revenge and humiliation of the offenders, shares similarities in Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” here Montresor seeks revenge by tricking Fortunato to his death.

Sometimes friends can get into an argument and some things can hurt them, but not to a point where they want to hurt each other physically. Vengeance can bring justice to someone, but as well bring pain to the other. Revenge is a horrible emotion which can lead someone to do horrible things. Two companions, Montresor and Fortunato, destinies are controlled by one thing only, vengeance and murder. In the story, the narrator seeks revenge on Fortunato because he mortally insulted him. Montresor succeeds in luring Fortunato to his death without raising any suspicion. A horrible revenge made significantly more awful by the way that the retribution is being taken when no genuine offense had been given. In the short tale, “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar A. Poe, the major conflict of revenge is between Montresor and Fortunato, but it is interesting because Montresor is the only one who is aware of the conflict. The author uses the conflict to build suspense and to change the mood of the reader.

In “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allan Poe, the characters that are met in the story help define the overall theme of the story and help gain a better understanding of what the author is trying to say. Throughout reading a story discovering the theme is very important in understanding the story in full detail. In this story, there are two themes that set the story. One being the most major theme of betrayal and revenge, and another not quite as major, being the troubles of alcohol and drugs. The themes of the story can be explained and symbolized by many things throughout a story, as for this one the characters help aid in that area. The theme of betrayal and revenge goes with one character and the theme of alcohol and drugs goes with another, which in the end helps define the theme of the entire story. The characters can do just that in any story, especially in “The Cask of Amontillado.”

In his short story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” Poe tells the story of a man, Montresor, who is ridiculed and belittled by what initially appears to be the villain of the story, Fortunato. Poe is not often taken seriously as a writer because of his tendency to include his personal characteristics, experiences and feelings into his works. Thus, the expression of the man who “vowed revenge” REF appears to mirror vulnerability of that of an orphaned Poe. He uses this raw vulnerability to

The Cask of Amontillado written by Edgar Allan Poe is about a man named Montresor who seeks revenge on another man named Fortunato. Montresor meets Fortunato at a carnival and lures him away using wine, because he knows Fortunato can’t resist wine. Fortunato is anxious to try the wine so he goes into Montresor’s vault. While in the vault, Montresor begins to bury Fortunato alive. As Fortunato begins to sober up, he realizes what Montresor was doing. The central idea of the story is that revenge is a driving force which causes people to behave in a way that is untrue to who they are.