"Be it so," I said, replacing the tool beneath the cloak and again offering him my arm. He leaned upon it heavily. We continued our route in search of the Amontillado. We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descending again, arrived at a deep crypt, in ...
It may be conceded that he is not always as shudderingly sardonic and removed from human sympathy as in “The Cask of Amontillado” or “The Black Cat”; yet it is no exaggeration to affirm that he is nowhere more typical, more himself. On the contrary, in a tale like “The Birth ...
"The Masque of the Red Death'' can be interpreted as an allegorical tale about the folly of human beings in the face of their own inevitable deaths. If the Red Death symbolizes death in general, then the Prince's attempt to escape the pestilence, in ‘‘defiance of contagion,'' is symb...
In“The Cask of Amontillado,”the Latin sentence is the motto of Montresor’sfamily coat of arms:“nemo me impune lacessit”(Poe 1978, 1270).12This motto is aforeshadowing device: it reveals Montresor’s plans for revenge, which will finallyend with the taking of Fortunato’s life. This ...
Fortunato,oneofwineexpertsinsultedhim,sohewantedtomurderhim. 2.WhatisthepretextheusestolureFortunatotohiswinecellar? HebaitsFortunatobytellinghimhehasobtainedwhathebelievestobeacaskofAmontilladoarareandvaluablesherrywine. FortunatoisanxioustodeterminewhetherornotitistrulyAmontillado,sohegoestothevaultwithMontresor. ...