In the short story "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allan Poe writes in first person point of view, from the perspective of Montresor, the narrator of this tale, who seeks revenge against Fortunato. Montresor began to develop the perfect plan for revenge. During the carnival season, Montresor meet with Fortunato and decides to implement his plan carefully not to arouse Fortunato's suspicions through irony. Poe's story describes the inner workings of a murderer's mind, who has lived the memory of Fortunato's death for fifty years. Poe uses different types of irony and symbolism in the conversations between Montresor and Fortunato which are discussed in the following paragraphs.

First, Poe uses dramatic irony in the story. For example, Montresor expresses concern about Fortunato's and says, "Come, I said, with decision, we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible" (Poe). Both the reader and Montresor know of his plan of murder that awaits Fortunato when he descends into the catacombs in search fo

"The Cask of Amontillado", is not unlike many of Poe's other short stories in it's use of the literary elements. Poe is known for his many works implementing dementia, paranoia, and self destruction as his short stories, "William Wilson", "The Tell-Tale Hearth", and "The Cask of Amontillado". "The narrator cannot understand that his assault upon another person derives from his own moral sickness unbalance" (Ward). Also found in many of Poe's works are characters who hide behind a false identity. "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Black Cat", "The Fall of the House of Usher", and "The Premature Burial" have a deadly saneness only slightly mitigated by a thin veneer of difference, ineffectual to veil their virtual identity (Ward).

r the wine. But, Fortunato does not suspect that Montresor is capable of such an act. Montresor pretends to be concerned about Fortunato's health, when he says they should go back. Ironically, Montresor could care less about Fortunato's health; he is concerned about his own advantage of manipulation by luring him into the catacombs to carry out his plan. Montresor wants to be responsible for Fortunato's death. Montresor does not want Fortunato to die of a cough or from t

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