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19 Cards in this Set
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Montresor wants to seek revenge against Fortunato
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F. injured M. a thousand times (a hyperbole: exaggeration)
Wants F. to know that it's M. getting revenge on him, but doesn't want to put himself in danger |
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Dress of M. and F. and the symbolism from that
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M. wearing black mask and black outfit because he is hidden and like going to attack
F. wearing jester outfit because he is drunk and clueless and silly and foolish because he is being fooled |
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Setting
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Carnival festivities and vault; Europe
Carnival season |
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M. asks F. to taste...?
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Asks him to taste the Amontillado; Luchesi will taste it if F. doesn't and this quickly upsets F.
M. told servants that he'd be gone so that they would sneak out and not be home |
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Vaults
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Covered with niter, cause F. to cough, M. offers to have F. turn back but he doesn't want to
Full of dead bodies from M.'s family |
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M.'s crest
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foot crushing serpent with the serpent's fangs in the heel of the foot
motto is "nemo me impure lacessit" which means "no one injures me with impunity" |
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Mason
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F. makes a mason hand motion
M. doesn't understand M. insists he is a mason Shows him the trowel (stone mason) |
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Chains
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M. chains F. to wall and begins to build a brick wall
F. screams and moans and thinks that M. is joking and then falls silent after his final pleas Bones weren't disturbed for half a century |
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Foreshadowing
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I won't die of a cough; Yes, you won't.
Sarcastic toast to F.'s long life |
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Mood
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eerie
suspenseful dark evil-sad setting: contrasts catacombs and carnival |
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Symbolism
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Fortunato: his name is irony, Fortunate life before this event
Change in setting = duality in M.'s behavior M.'s dress and F.'s dress |
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Goals
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- Get away with it
- Not let it negatively affect him - F. must know that it is M. getting revenge on him |
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Sane
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Premeditation
Told from flashback Historically, his actions were not irregular Hides F. so he isn't caught doing this Evil acts aren't the same as insanity Seems to have functioned fine for last 50 years Hesitates and heart grows sick; remorse Doesn't feel differently about the murder after 50 years |
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INsane
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Killed F. in a cold blooded premeditated manner while pretending sincere friendship
M. is vague on reasoning of why he would murder F. Acts as if his actions are justified from what kind of person he is Still doesn't think his actions were wrong after 50 years Can't provide a reasonable justification to his audience Taunts F. and enjoys his misery |
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Poe's stile
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Insane characters
He(?) had a troubled life |
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Gothicism
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Poe doesn't include supernatural stuff; real horror lies in what human beings themselves are capable of
Typically in medieval castles and have clanking chains, horror, violence, ghosts, long underground passages, dark chambers, etc. |
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Verbal irony
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1. ???
2. ??? |
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Irony when F. asks M. about his family coat-of-arms and motto
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???
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Type of revenge that M. wants to seek
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??? (examine 1st paragraph closely)
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