Cask Of Amontillado By Edgar Allen Poe

OUTLINE:

  A.         “The Cask of Amontillado”

i) Theme and Irony Used to Develop Theme

ii). Statement of Thesis

B.         The Symbolic Irony of the Characters' Names

i). Fortunato

ii). Montresor

C.       The Symbolic Irony of the Characters' Dress

i). Fortunato

ii). Montresor

D.       The Symbolic Irony of the Settings

i). Carnival

ii). Catacombs

iii). Wall

E.      The Symbolic Irony of the Title

i). Cask         

ii). Amontillado

F.     Conclusion

i). Summary

ii).Thesis Restatement

 

  

Cask Of Amontillado By Edgar Allen Poe

 

Thesis Statement

 In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Edgar Allan Poe uses irony to develop his theme of a man who seeks salvation through repression.

Edgar Allan Poe (USA, 1809-1849) Romantic writer, a genius of terror and suspense, able to delve into the darker motivations of his characters, write a story of revenge in his story "The Cask of Amontillado ', in which the narrator has as fifty years ago took revenge on his friend Fortunato, for having insulted. The Italian Fortunato falls into the trap of applying his talent assessor to verify a Cask of Amontillado, shaking his pride proposing to call another. Poe tells the story through the perspective of the killed

In "Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor seeks for revenge. Gothic Poe's story may escort readers to judge that Montresor evil along with cunningness. Montresor's plan was only looking for revenge, with exemption from punishment. Montresor Fortunato does not explain why it is worth. The only clue that Montresor gives Fortunato makes him "a thousand cuts “to "dare to offend”. Accordingly, Montresor plans to conceal Fortunato alive in the ground. Without knowing, Fortunato become the scapegoat who was a massacre. Montresor takes place every detail, and the smiling expression of his prey. Montresor did not grin at the reflection of Fortunato "victim" of evil. Montresor Smiled because of the victim Fortunato, which he believes bring immense return. Fortunato and Montresor represents only as a symbolic character of "self-contempt in the unconscious" (Sweet Jr. 332). Fortunato paradoxically, "a mirror" Montresor (Sweet Jr. 332).

Montresor want to conceal Fortunato alive and want to paints a psychosomatic portrayal of cruelty (Sweet Jr. 332). Fortunato's funeral suppresses the malignant character of Montresor. award for the repression of deliverance. In "cask of Amontillado", Poe applied insincerity to build up his matter of a man who is looking for escape through cruelty.

By using the characters you see in the parallel sense to assume that both have different aspects of personality. Meaning of the name Montresor Fortunato also reveals the causes of repression. Fortunato's name is a pun on the word happiness. Consequently, Montresor Fortunato hand represents good luck. As luck would have the wish to punish Fortunato, Montresor "derives from his fight with" destiny "in itself" (Gargano 314). Because "love of money is the root of all evil", which is happiness "drop [a person] into ruin and destruction" (1 Timothy 6:9-10). Obviously, identity of Fortunato, Montresor desires of wealth. Fortunato achieved wealth make him a man who is both feared and valued. With the acquisition of wealth, Montresor Fortunato because "many of the reductions" (1). However, when Fortunato of wealth by others, that "[the company] to [censored]," God (Poe 1). When a person [seeking] the desire for profit, he Exclaimed of annoyance and resignation to the Lord "(Psalm 10:3). For that reason, Montresor protect his soul from damnation. Concealing Fortunato alive, in aspect of his persona repressed Montresor is an insult to Lord. Fortunato, whose name also mean as "happy" or “destined" to suffer this and his ...