In the short story The Cask of Amontillado

In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado, ” Edgar Allan Poe uses imagery to create a horrific mood. by: Altay, Shawn, Peter, and Justin Pg. 211 “We had passed through walls of piled bones, with casks and puncheons intermingling, into the inmost recesses of the catacombs” Pg. 212 “We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descending again, arrived at a deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow than flame. ” Pg. 212 “From the fourth the bones had been thrown down, and lay promiscuously upon the earth, forming at one point a mound of some size. ” Pg. 212 “ It was in vain that Fortunato, uplifting his dull torch, endeavored to pry into the depth of the recess. ”

IN THE SHORT STORY “THE CASK OF amontillado, ” edgar allen poe emphasizes an eerie setting to create an ominous mood. “It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season” (209) “It is not the engagement but the severe cold with I perceive you are afflicted. The vaults are insufferably damp” (210) “Arrived at a deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused out flambeaux rather to glow than flame. ” (2120) “Within the wall thus exposed by the displacing of the bone. ”(212 “Its termination the feeble light did not enable us to see. ” (212) By: Krisa, Gerogia, Madison, Shea and Michael

In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”, Edgar Allen Poe uses characterization to create an ominous mood. “…that my smile now was at the though of his immolation” (209). “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity” (209). “I vowed revenge” (209). “My heart grew sick-on account of the dampness of the catacombs” (214). Marci, Ayanna, Emily, and Madeleine

In the short story, “Cask of Amontillado”, Edgar Allan Poe uses foreshadowing to create a dark mood “producing a trowel from beneath the folds of my roquelaure” pg 212 “they pass through walls of piles of bones” pg 211 “The thousand injuries of Fortunado I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. ” pg 209 “I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that smile now was at the thought of his immolation. ” pg 209

In the short story, “The Cask of Amontillado, ” Edgar Allen Poe uses foreshadowing to create a dark mood. • “I will not die of a cough” (211). • “The man wore motley” (209). • “I drink, ” he said, “to the buried that repose around us” (211). • “Yes, yes, ” I said; “yes, yes. ” “You? Impossible! A mason? ” “A mason, ” I replied (212).

IN THE SHORT STORY CASK OF THE AMONTILLADO, EDGAR ALLEN POE USES MAN VS MAN CONFLICT TO CREATE A SUSPENSEFUL MOOD • Page 209, “…I vowed revenge” • Page 209, “…my smile now was at the thought of his immolation. ” • Page 209, ”. . . when he ventured upon insult…” • Page 212, “A moment more and I fettered him to the granite. ” • Page 214, ”…he seemed to thrust me violently back. ” Jack Mc. Mullen, Spencer Caesare, David King

In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado, ” Edgar Allen Poe uses man versus man conflict to create a suspenseful mood. “I vowed revenge” (209). “A succession of loud shrill screams, bursting suddenly from the throat of the chained form, seemed to thrust me back violently” (204). “My poor friend found it impossible to reply for many minutes” (211). “’Enough, ’ he said; ‘the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough’” (211). “’For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible’” (211). Matt, Doug, Seth, Brett