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The Cask of Amontillado
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English
9th Grade
12/06/2010

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3rd Episode
Definition
Montresore gets Fortunado very drunk on many drinks while getting deeper into the catacombs of death
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1st Episode
Definition
Montresor lures Fortunado to his palace to sample the Amontillado, the expensive wine with thoughts of revenge for the 1,000 insults
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2nd Episode
Definition
Walking in the Catacombs Montresor warns F to leave, but he doesn't want to leave.
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Turning Point
Definition
Fortunado is feathered to the while while talking and laughing to Montresore
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Climax
Definition
The 2nd Ruse worked, Fortunado is completely walled up, and Montresore stacks up bones on wall.
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Decline Actions
Definition
Montresor leaves Fortunado to die just after midnight in the catacombs, commiting and sealing the perfect crime.
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Resolution
Definition
50 years later...... still undiscovered, Montresor confesses to priest
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Style
Definition
Old complex sentence structure that hinders the readers perception of reality
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Montresor's Motivation
Definition
His motivation is the 1,000 insults
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Irony
Definition

Situational: Festive carnvial vs deadly catacombs

Fortunado is not fortunate

 

Dramatic: We know that Montresore wants to will kill Fortunado

 

Verbal: Drink to your long life, know that he'll be dead soon.

 

Your health is precious, know he will be dead soon

 

You are a man to be missed - missing for 50 years.

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Symbolism
Definition

Trowel = Freemasons

 

Coat of Arms = Montresor's vengeful spirit

 

Motley = Fortunado = Jester = the fool

 

Montresor = my treausre = 50 yr old secret

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Vocabulary
Definition

Niter - Salt deposits in Catacombs

 

In Pace requieseat - may he rest in peace

 

Nemo me impune la cessit - nobody attacks me w.o punishment

 

Palazzo = italian palace

 

Freemasons = secrety society/brotherhood, assists poor, helping others, biulders, secret signs and symbols

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Literal Meaning
Definition

Cask of amontillado

 

Barrel of expensive, rare wine

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Inference
Definition

What do we infer about ending

 

What information is given in the color sidebar?

 

-50 years later, Montresor is confessing to a priest on his deathbed. Color sidebar written in 1845 by reverend

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Plagiarism?
Definition

Should the author be accused of Plagiarism?

 

No! fiction = fake

Entertainment = "Cask of Amontillado"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-fiction = real

facts = accountable = ny journalist

 

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Character Traits

 

Definition

[image]Protagonist (fortunado)
[image]Arrogant, insulting, vain, easy-going, drunk, jovial, self-assured





[image]Antagonist (montresor)
[image]Cruel, conniving, trickster, vengeful, insane, obsessive, secretive, intense, merciless

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Catacombs in History
Definition

Bury the Dead

- cold storage for foods and drinks (refrigeration of 1845)

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Point of View
Definition

1st Person

Montresor

Unreliable narrator

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Themes
Definition

Choose your friends wisely

 

Vanity can be a dangerous thing

 

Things are not always as they appear

 

 

 

 

 

*VENGEFULNESS can erode the human spirit and drive people to commit unspeakable crime.

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External Conflicts
Definition

Building Wall

Celebration

Drunk

Screaming

Confession to priest

Laughing

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Internal
Definition

Hatred

Ruse

Wanting Revenge

Insanity

Urge to Kill

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Setting
Definition

Time > General > After 1845

Time > Specific > Carnival time dusk on night prior to lent PLUS 50 years later

 

Place > General > Italy

Place > Specific > Palazzo, Catacombs

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Mood
Definition
Retrobution, Festive, Vengeful, MDK,
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Minor Characters
Definition
Luchesi, Servants, Lady Fortunado, Carnival guests, priest, freemasons
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Facts #3
Definition

born 1809 died 1849

Married his cousin

His houses are now historical landmarks

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Plot
Definition

Flashback

Chrono

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