"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 ...
History of the Text Publication History and Reception:“The Cask of Amontillado” was originally published inGodey’s Lady’s Book, a widely read magazine, in November 1846. “The Cask of Amontillado” is Poe’s last short story and considered one of his best. Inspiration:The short story was...
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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 ...
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 ...
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It is left to Princess Bonaparte to lift ‘‘The Masque of the Red Death'' from the limited realm of allegory to the expansive kingdom of myth. But, having placed ‘‘The Masque’’ among "typical" Oedipus stories, along with "The Cask of Amontillado,’’ the Princess bogs down in a...