The Cask of Amontillado and Hills Like White Elephants

Analysis of â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† by Edgar Allan Poe amp; â€Å"Hills Like White Elephants† by Ernest Hemmingway Analysis of â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† by Edgar Allan Poe Abstract â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† by Edgar Allan Poe, is a short story about a man named Montessor who gets revenge on one of his â€Å"friends† named Fortunado by trapping him and burying him alive. Treatment Setting: Two kinds Plot: Man gets revenge on his â€Å"friend† Characters: Montresor, Fortunado, Montresor’s family, and Luchesi Setting: An underground catacomb, somewhere in Italy, during the carnival season Time: Over two days Conflict: For Montresor to revenge himself for Fortunato’s insult, he has to get away with it – if Fortunato can revenge him back,†¦show more content†¦This is the part that is shocking and morbid, even sadistic, to the average person. What strikes the reader the most is that Montressor, as he narrates his actions, still has the gall to call Fortunato his friend, even as he builds the walls within which he is to trap Fortunato alive. The last time Montressor calls Fortunato his friend is the moment when he leads Fortunato straight to the bait, which was the wine. What this shows is a disturbed, confused, and sick mind that finds pleasure in his task. â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† is a story nothing more than the behavior of a sociopath and psychologically deranged killer. Types of characters: Montresor is a flat character, he shows no remorse for his deed. Fortunado is a round character, fluctuating back and forth between sober and drunk. Conclusion: It’s impossible to know how old Montresor is when he kills Fortunato, but in the second to the last line of the story, we learn that the murder happened fifty years ago. So Montresor is probably pushing eighty when he’s telling the story. And he could be far more ancient. More importantly, this conclusion lets us know that Montresor has gotten away with his crime so far. His vengeance has been a success, and he wants us to know it. Abstract of Essay – The Cask of Amontialldo (based on topic of my choice, â€Å"Motives for murder†) Only something so satisfying could make a manShow MoreRelatedLiterary Aspects Of The Cask Of Amontillado And Hemingway s Hills Like White Elephants1520 Words   |  7 Pagesmany purposes, and have subsequently been analyzed for decades. Poe’s â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† and Hemingway’s â€Å"Hills Like White Elephants† are two prime examples of brilliant character development and usage. Poe and Hemingway develop and utilize their characters in varying ways. For example, while Poe’s characters in â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† have symbolic first names, Hemingway’s characters in â€Å"Hills Like White Elephants† do not even have their first names mentioned. Poe and Hemingway prove inRead MoreOutrage : An Emotion That I Found Myself Feeling Essay933 Words   |  4 Pagesadventure to horror and tragedy. Then I got to high school, the land of long and complex readings, expository essays and research papers that were far too len gthy for my liking. At this point, I found it hard to connect with literature or writing; I felt like I had hit a brick wall and my creativity left out to dry. Mr. Peterson’s assignment’s did nothing but add fuel to my fire. Freshman year went by slowly, but towards the end I found that Mr. Peterson and his English class were growing on me; not toRead MoreANALIZ TEXT INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS28843 Words   |  116 Pagesexplicitly dramatized or presented in an early scene or chapter. Some conflicts, in fact, are never made explicit and must be inferred by the reader from what the characters do or say as the plot unfolds (as, for example, in Ernest Hemingway’s â€Å"Hills Like White Elephants†). Conflict, then, is the basic opposition, or tension, that sets the plot in motion; it engages the reader, builds the suspense or mystery of the work, and arouses expectation for the vents that are to follow. The plot of the traditional