Category: Book The Cask Of Amontillado

The Cask of Amontillado – Irony and Symbolism It is Edgar Allan Poe’s intense use of symbolism and irony throughout the Cask of Amontillado that establishes the short story as an indeed interesting candidate worthy of thorough analysis. The skillful use of these devices are utilized by the author to create this horrific and suspenseful……

The narrator, whose name is Montresor, starts his story by stating that he suffered a thousand offenses from his acquaintance, Fortunato, but the last one is an irreparable insult. Montresor decides to take his revenge. He thinks about it and comes to the conclusion that his revenge should be unnoticed by anyone else. Resentment, it…