Cask Of Amontillado

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virtuous. He describes the vaults as extensive, having many rooms, and being insufferably damp. This description of the vaults strikes a feeling of uneasiness and fear in the reader, as well as a fear of malevolent things to come. References to the bodies laid to rest in the caskets and the nitre, tell us things to come.

The story is of a man and his revenge. Montresor, who is vengeful, takes all his revenge out on Fourtunato, who in reality has no idea what is going to take place. Poe creates a great deal of irony to make this a truly horrifying story; he uses verbal irony, situational irony, and even, dramatic irony.

The verbal irony, or the difference between what a characters says and what their words actually mean, appears throughout the story. At one point when Fortunato begins coughing, Montresor suggest that they go back. Fortunato replies “I shall not die of a cough. Although the reader may not realize the significance of the comment on first reading the story, he ...

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