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“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe
Table of Contents
1. Has anyone ever done anything to you that made you want to get revenge on them? What did they do?
2. Have you ever gotten revenge on someone for something they did to you? What did you do to them in return? Why did you feel a need to get revenge?
3. Explain how the revenge made you feel. Did you get caught? If you had gotten caught, would that have changed the feeling the revenge gave you? Explain.
VOCABULARY
catacombs • Catacombs are considered an underground cemetery, especially one consisting of tunnels and rooms with recesses dug out for coffins and tombs. • an underground passageway, especially one full of twists and turns.
DEFINE Connoisseurship Amontillado Virtuoso
Definitions Cont. ’ Impunity Immolation Retribution
fettered • A fetter is a chain or shackle placed on the feet. • Usually used in the plural - “fetters” can refer to anything that confines or restrains. • Thus, “fettered” means confined or restrained, literally by a chain or shackle placed on the feet, or figuratively by something like boredom or poverty.
connoisseur • a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art. • a discerning judge of the best in any field: a connoisseur of horses.
Definitions cont. • Gait • Motley • Pipe – a large barrel, holding approximately 126 gallons • Roquelaure
precluded • to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
retribution • retaliation, repayment, recompense.
afflicted • to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis. • vex, harass, torment, plague. • Afflicted- suffering or sickened
explicit • fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal: explicit instructions; an explicit act of violence; explicit language. • precise, exact, unambiguous
Definitions Continued • Recoiling- • Subsided-
Literary Terms/ Questions
1. CHARACTERIZE Montresor. What kind of person is he? • Concerned with honor –give and example from the text. • Cruel – taunts Fortunato by showing him… • Manipulative – How does Montresor entrap Fortunato? How does M manipulate his servants? • Sociopathic/psychopathic- define and give example from text.
2. What might Fortunato’s name mean?
3. Why might Fortunato’s name be IRONIC?
4. Give examples of IRONY in the story, including SITUATIONAL, DRAMATIC, and VERBAL IRONY. • Situational: • Dramatic: • Verbal:
5. How does not knowing what Fortunato did to Montresor intensify the horror of this story?
6. Would the story be better or worse if you knew what Fortunato did to Montresor? Explain.
7. Explain how Montresor’s family motto is related to the story? To the actions of Montresor? • The motto translates, “No one insults me with impunity. ”
8. How does Montresor manipulate Fortunato? What CHARACTER TRAITS make Fortunato easy prey for Montresor? • A. • B.
9. What is the setting? What details of the setting contribute to the horror of this story?
10. Contrast the setting in the beginning of the story with the setting where Montresor takes Fortunato.
11. Explain the MOOD of this story. Give examples from the text to support your answer. • Horrifying – – Montresor toys with Fortunato, – 1 – 2 – 3 – Fortunato is – while Montresor is
12. Who is the PROTAGONIST of this story? Justify your answer.
13. Who is the ANTAGONIST of this story? Defend your answer.
14. Who is the narrator of this story? What kind of narrator is he? • Who? • Kind? • May be unreliable – Doesn’t explain the “insult” – Might have pangs of conscience • “My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs…” • Why is he telling this story 50 years later? possibly deathbed confession?
15. Explain a symbol in the story. • The cask of Amontillado could symbolize… • Montresor’s coat of arms could symbolize… • Fortunato’s fool costume symbolizes…
15. Explain a symbol in the story. (cont. ) • Carnival symbolizes • The catacombs
Romantic Story Analysis Chart
Fantasy and Imagination • N/A
Love of Nature • N/A
Intense Emotion • Montresor’s desire for revenge • Fortunato’s fear as he’s being walled up
Sympathetic interest in the past, medieval • Montresor’s home and catacombs seem medieval
Exotic Places • Italy • Carnival • Catacombs
Legends and Myths • Buried alive
Death • Fortunato
Morbid melancholy; insanity • Montresor is sociopathic
The Supernatural • N/A
Failed Love • N/A
Mysticism (spiritual intuition beyond ordinary understanding) • N/A
Rural Life and the Common Man • N/A
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