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In six pages this paper discusses the symbolism of the cask that appears throughout Edgar Allan Poe's compelling short story. Eig...
the mind of a murderer, who casually confesses to his crime to an unnamed acquaintance some fifty years after the fact. The narra...
Poe and his short story are considered in a paper consisting of five pages. There is one other source cited in the bibliography....
of his contemporaries, [Poe] refused to soften or idealize mortality and kept its essential horror in view But what is the "essen...
like Poe: "TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad?" (Poe NA). The narr...
themselves, perhaps unnecessarily, on their knowledge of wines. This offers us a very powerful and self righteous look at these tw...
The morbid tale of revenge of "The Cask of Amontillado" is carefully depicted with crypt like wine vaults which eventually entomb ...
when they enter it. Fortunato has a bad cough and so, on their way to the wine cellar, Montressor keeps giving Fortunato more wine...
Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...
the libido directs its energies toward an object or thing, including ones love-object which may be a person. However, with the nar...
it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribut...
knowledge and, occasionally, pronounced comatose or unconscious patients as dead (Premature Burial). There were documented instanc...
that "The Cask of Amontillado" centers more around the theme of revenge than do any of Poes gruesome works. "The Cask of Amontill...
rage (Cutts). Poe, like his stories, was quite unusual. Even his physical appearance hinted that his mental processes were...
an ever-present element in "The Cask of Amontillado", Poe manages to keep it just below the surface of the plot until that final ...
In a research study on the factors which lead to acts of revenge, University of Arkansas psychologists tested a number of voluntee...
revenge" (Poe 280). Because Fortunato regarded himself as a most knowledgeable wine connoisseur, Montresor schemed to get him dow...
the supposed "insult" which Fortunato has offered him; he vacillates between a hatred of the man and a reluctant admiration for hi...
33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...
a diametrically opposed stance to this view, as it seems much more likely, particularly when one considers Poes careful and meticu...
he is anything but a gentleman or stoic. Through this first person narrative the reader is really made to feel as though the nar...
his attire was a bit gaudy for a man of his social position. I have long suspected that Montresor and Fortunato were jealous of ...
century, Gothic literature is a type of fiction that combines both horror and romance. Its writing is intended to stimulate the em...
This 7 page paper gives an analysis of the story “The Cask of Amontillado”. This paper includes discussion or other articles about...
In six pages this short story is analyzed in terms of male bonding and how the relationship between the men changes throughout the...
In seven pages the theme of revenge as depicted in this short story is analyzed as the author's personal commentary attacking the ...
In six pages this essay considers Montressor's revenge against Fortunato and ponders whether or not he ever feels guilty or remors...
In five pages Poe's short story is analyzed in terms of the author's masterful point of view usage. There are no other sources li...
nature of the protagonists soul, as it has perceived injuries made to it. Poe builds on the potential success of his trap by disc...
In seven pages this paper examines how the revenge theme is developed in this short story and how whether or not it was Fortunato ...