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Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado: Themes

Poe's The Cask of Amontillado: Themes


UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ Curitiba, 8 de outubro de 1996 Curso: Letras -
Inglês / Noturno Disciplina: Literatura Norte Americana I Aluno: Anderson José
Nogueira


TASK: To write a summary theme of Poe's "The Cask Of
Amontillado"


One of the main themes of Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask Of
Amontillado is revenge. In this summary theme I intend to demonstrate how
dramatic irony is used all along the short story as a way of reminding us the
true intentions of the character who vowed revenge.
Firstly I will make a brief summary of the short story: the
story is supposed to happen more than a hundred years ago ( it was first
published in 1846 ) during Italian Carnival festivities. The main character, a
man called Montressor, feels terribly ofended, even insulted by a friend named
Fortunato, and firmly decides to take this friend's life. In order to achieve
his aim, Montressor elaborates a plan which consists basically
of two steps:......


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Approximate Word Count: 617
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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