Cask of Amontillado Theme
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The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Lesson Plans by Rebecca Ray
"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe, is a short story inspired by true events that took place on Castle Island, a former military fort off of Boston Harbor, in Massachusetts. When Poe was stationed there as young cadet in the Army, he found a peculiar gravestone. After some inquiry, he learned a story of a man who had been walled up alive. Forbidden by his commander to ever repeat the particulars, Poe took the plot line and changed the setting and characters.
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The Cask of Amontillado Theme of Revenge
Storyboard Text
- REVENGE
- EXAMPLE 1
- "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."
- EXAMPLE 2
- "A huge human foot d'or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel." "Nemo me impune lacessit."
- EXAMPLE 3
- "For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them." "In pace requiescat!"
- In the opening lines, the narrator gives the reader a sense that a grave insult has occurred which fractured his relationship with a man named Fortunato.
- On the way to the catacombs, Fortunato asks about Montresor's family motto and crest. Both contain elements of revenge.
- When the act is complete, Montresor has no remorse but simply states: "In pace requiescat!"
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