The Cask of Amontillado

• Engels
• Middelbare school

The Cask of Amontillado

Edgar Allen Poe

The short story a form of which kind of literature?

What are some characteristics of gothic literature?

Which can be found in The Cask of Amontillado?

Assignment

With the use of the next slides we will be analysing The Cask of Amontillado.

Have your short story, answers to the study questions and pen and paper ready. 

Ask questions whenever you feel like it.

Remember that you need to know this a year from now...

What are the themes in The Cask of Amontillado?

What is the setting of the narrative?

1. Carnaval
2. Catacombs
3. Winecellar
4. Somewhere in France

What's the irony in the setting?

irony

satire

sarcasm

using language that signifies the opposite

use of irony to mock

exposing and critizing someone's stupidity

Alanis Morissette's Ironic

Mr. Play-It-Safe was afraid to fly

He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye

He waited his whole damn life to take that flight

And as the plane crashed down he thought

"Well, isn't this nice."

Page 3

"I shall not die of a cough."

"True, true," I replied.

Which is sarcasm and which is irony and why?

Page 3

"I drink," he said, "to the buried that repose around us."

"And I to your long life."

Which is sarcasm and which is irony and why?

What makes this short story a satire?

Who's the narrator of this short story?

1. Fortunato
2. Edgar Allen Poe
3. Montresor
4. Amontillado

Is Montresor a reliable narrator and why?

Are there any questions you have left that haven't been answered? What are they?