Cask Of Amontillado

Edgar Allan Poe

a barrel-shaped container, used often to hold wine

a wine from Spain, a dry sherry

a festival marked by merrymaking and processions

underground burial place, underground cemetary

a chain or shackle placed on the feet

many colored; made up of many parts - jester costume

a large home, especially in Italy

death or destruction, to kill a person in sacrifice

If you wrong someone over and over again they will eventually seek revenge

Fortunato never apologised for wronging Montresor.

The narrator, Montresor, is angry with Fortunato because he feels that Fortunato has injured and insulted him. He says, "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."

Who are the main characters in the Cask of Amontillado?

Who is the narrator in "The Cask of Amontillado"

What has fortunato done to upset Montresor and make him want revenge?

freedom from punishment

He told everyone to empty the house. and told the servants to go home.

under the bones

to make him think that he liked him and to make Fortunato think he was "on his side" - buddies

He had bricks and chains set up and ready

to give Montresor wine

dark, dank, moldy, full of bones, big - ICK

Italy and at dusk at a carnival

so that it's easier to trick him

A wrong is not avenged if the revenge is not sweet. The Plotter must keep his head in the game.

Exciting at carnival. It's noisy and people are in costumes.

He was walled in (buried alive) and murdered by Montresor.

His crimes went undiscovered for 50 years. He committed the perfect crime.

He is dressed as a clown (a fool); seems excited and knowledgeable about the wine.

it makes him lower his guard so that he's easier to hurt

Luchresi is Fortunato's rival in wine tasting. His ability to taste wine is compared to Fortunato, which provokes him into following Montresor.

a collects wines and is in competition with foruntato

Under a pile of human bones in the very bottom of the catacombs.

At first, Fortuanto seemed confused and even helped because he was still drunk. Then he began screaming and crying. He even begged for his life and eventually gave up.

Montresor emptied the house, prepared the catacombs, hid the bricks, came up with a brilliant story to lure Fortunato, waited for a night where he would not be missed among the crowds of people celebrating in the carnival, wore costumes, got Fortunato completely drunk.

The catacombs were very creep, dark, dead bodies, musky smell, damp

No. Killing someone for the sake of revenge is never justified.

No. Because he was crazy to think Montresor was his friend.

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had born as best I could: but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge

This means that Montessor wants to get revenge on Fortunato, but he does not want to place himself at a risk of getting caught.

He is an effective enemy to Fortunato because Montessor has always seemed to be nothing but a friend to him

he clown hat helps visualize Fortunato because he is dressed like a fool. His costume is true to his character.

Want to store is telling the story to a priest or he is praying. My evidence is when montresor said, you who knows so well the nature of my soul.

He makes sure that Fortunato keeps drinking and stay drunk, he knows that Fortunato likes wine so he pretends to not know about the amontillado he purchased, he also kept bringing up lucasi so that Fortunado would get jealous and want to continue going. He also pretends it would be best for them to go back.

One example is when Fortunato said I won't die of a cough and then mantrasor said you won't. Another example is when mantra sore said his family motto Nemo me impune lacessit. seat meaning, no one injured knee without with impunity

And I to your long life

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

It is symbolically appropriate because it was a man hurting a snake by stepping on it this represents fortunato being mean to montresor, and the snake bites and kills the man. This represents montrasor killing Fortunato. Snakes are sneaky.

The dampness of the catacombs

he wants to keep him drunk

He drinks because he doesn't want for Fortunato to start questioning why he isn't

He's an unreliable narrator. He lies from the very beginning and he killed a man

1-it was about dusk one evening during the pre-madness at the carnival season that I encountered my friend 2-we passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and decended again, arrived at a deep creek, in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow then flame

When montresor crosses paths with Fortunato and the opportunity arises to spring his trap

Montresor chains Fortunato to the wall and turns a deaf ear to his cries for mercy

What is the resolution of the story 50 years have passed and not the store is telling the story. He ended up getting away with the crime. 50 years have passed and montresor is telling the story. He ended up getting away with the crime.

At the beginning mantrasor is a bitter man who wants revenge against an associate of his named Fortunato

lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride

Montresor uses reverse psychology to lure Fortunado into the catacombs

a repayment; a deserved punishment

freedom from punishment

an expert, particularly in matters of art and taste

a flaming torch

to run off and hide

a repayment; a deserved punishment