Edgar Poe

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In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado, " there are many examples of

irony in the words spoken by Montressor. As a reader these passages puzzled me and gave me a difficult time understanding the story. His use of irony was new to me and I didn't understand some of the things he was saying in the story. In this essay I will discuss some of the passages that irony was used in which I had a hard time understanding.

In the beginning of the story when Montressor meets Fortunato he says, " My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met" (pg. 220). He made it seem like he was happy to see him, because he asked him to taste the wine. This was just a cover up to go through with his plan. This puzzled me beca

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Cask Amontillado, beginning story, poe's irony, told fortunato, taste wine, pg 220, passage puzzled, reading story,

Approximate Word count = 476
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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