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Post by Admin on Nov 18, 2014 12:49:02 GMT
Using complete sentences, answer the following questions pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado." INCOMPLETE SENTENCES WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF POINTS. SPELLING, GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION, AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE COUNT.
1. To whom could Montresor be talking, fifty years after the murder, and for what reasons?
2. Part of the story's horrifying effect comes from Poe's use of irony. What do we know that Fortunato does not know about why he has been invited into the vaults? Which type of irony is this?
3. Identify two of Montresor's comments to the unsuspecting Fortunato that are verbally ironic. Place them in quotation marks for your answer.
4. The story is full of other examples of irony. Explain why each of these are ironic:
a. Fortunato's name
b. Fortunato's costume
c. The fact that Carnival takes place in the streets above the catacombs
5. Think about whether or not Montresor is a reliable narrator. Do any details suggest that he might have imagined "the thousand injuries" and the insult - or even the whole story? Explain your answer with support from the text, not just opinion.
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Post by Nicole Hipp on Nov 20, 2014 13:36:01 GMT
1. I believe that Montresor is confessing what he did to Fortunato to the police. He feels guilty and self-conscious about what he did. It is toward the end of his life and he cannot take it much longer. He is going to die shortly anyway so what is there to lose?
2. The audience understands that Montresor is not inviting Fortunato into his wine vaults to sit back and enjoy an expensive wine, but to seek revenge on him. Fortunato is completely oblivious to any sort of harm that Montresor might want to bring upon him. This is an example of dramatic irony because the audience knows more than one of the main characters.
3. Page 239- “Yes,” I said, “Let us be gone.” Fortunato dies.
Page 234-235- “My dear Fortunato, You are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking today! But I have received a pipe of what passes for amontillado, and I have my doubts.”
“My friend, no; I will not impose upon your good nature. I perceive you have an engagement. Luchesi—“
This is verbally irony because Montresor asks Fortuanto to take a look at the amontillado but then says he doesn’t want him to go down. Montresor does not want to seem pushy so he acts like he doesn’t actually want him to go down to the catacombs when he really does. Montresor wants the opposite of what he is saying.
4. A) The name Fortunato reminds me of fortune or good luck and that is quite the opposite of what he encounters. Fortunato does not endure good fortune but ends up dying in a wine cellar.
B) Fortunato was wearing a very decorative and happy type of costume with bells and bright colors. You would think you would wear this to an exciting event, like Carnival, but it happens to be the opposite for Fortunato. He ends up wearing it to his death bed.
C) Carnival is a place to party, have fun, and forget the real world for a little while. As the party trailed on and Montresor invited Fortunato for a good wine, he thought it would be okay to take a short break, but it is just the opposite. Fortunato is going to be taking a long break and not going to go back to the partying.
5. I do not think that Montresor is a reliable character at all. The story did not mention Fortunato insulting or causing any injuries of any type to Montresor. Fortuanto was being very grateful and calling Montresor a great man and giving him dozens of compliments. Montresor is the bad guy because he killed an innocent man. Throughout the story Montresor led Fortunato to believe that they were going to share a great wine together. He knew that Fortunato had a weakness for wine tasting and thought it would be easy to capture him that way. Unfortunately for Fortunato this process worked. Montresor did not receive anything negative from Fortuanto the entire story, yet he killed him because he thought he did.
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Post by Aubrey Laity on Nov 20, 2014 13:37:33 GMT
1. Montresor said that for half of a century the bones weren’t touched, so maybe somebody found them in shackles and knew it was Montresor’s vaults. Then, when confronting him about it, Montresor told them the story to explain the bones and to frighten the person out of confessing what they’ve seen to the police.
2. Montresor invited Fortunato into the vaults to kill him, but he leads on that he is inviting him to confirm if he bought true Amontillado. He knows that Fortunato prides himself in his knowledge of wines, and he uses that to his advantage. This is dramatic irony because we know what Montresor is going to do, but Fortunato doesn’t.
3. “I will not impose upon your good nature. I perceive you have an engagement. Luchresi—“
“And I [drink] to your long life.”
4a. Fortunato’s name resembles the words ‘fortunate’ or ‘fortune,’ letting you make the connection that he would be prosperous or lucky, and once you read the book you see that what happened to Fortunato was the complete opposite.
4b. Fortunato wore motley, or the traditional clothing of a jester. It consisted of a tight-fitting striped colored dress and a conical hat with bells on it. It’s ironic for him to be wearing that because a jester is full of life and humor, and by the end of his trip into the vaults with Montresor he was sobbing and moaning in mental anguish because the true jest was on him.
4c. It’s ironic because above is a party where people festively celebrating, and below there is a cold-blooded murder happening. While Fortunato had planned on taking place in the above-ground festivities, instead he is taking part of Montresor’s sick game.
5. While Montresor isn’t reliable as a narrator, he gives a great view into the mind of somebody who would do what he did. So when he says that there were a thousand injuries, they might of either not been meant as insults or were a joke, and even if they were insults they were not meant to be taken as harshly as Montresor took them. An example of an insult that Fortunato gave him was when was stating when he wasn’t a part of the mason brotherhood. While Montresor took that as an insult, it can be thought that Fortunato thought of it as a true question because he assumed that Montresor was a mason like him.
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Post by Hailey Armbuster on Nov 20, 2014 13:42:25 GMT
1. He could be telling the police. Montresor could be confessing to his murder of Fortunato. He may feel guilty for his actions in killing a friend, although this “friend” caused him some pain. Montresor is final tired of holding on to this burden and this secret for so long which is why he decides to confess through telling this story.
He could be dying due to his age. He could be confessing to his family or a friend about his horrifying actions to come clean before dying.
2. Fortunato is unaware of Montresor’s plan to be rid of him or to cause him pain. He simply believes that he is to taste fine wine. We know that Monresor has some plan mustered up that involves getting revenge on Fortunato. This is an example of dramatic irony.
3. “We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible.”
“A mason,” I replied.
4. a. Fortunato's name: Fortunato’s name is an example of irony because when it is heard, one would think that he is a fortunate person. In this story, he is not so fortunate. The guy was killed and that is the complete opposite of being fortunate.
b. Fortunato's costume: He is dressed as a joker. This is ironic due to the fact that jokers are usually jumping around, having fun, telling jokes, joking around, and pulling pranks. In the story, Fortunato is not doing any of these things and the joke is actually on him.
c. The fact that Carnival takes place in the streets above the catacombs: This is ironic because on the streets above the catacombs, everyone is partying and having a grand time. Underneath the streets, a murder is taken place.
5. I don’t think Montresor is a reliable narrator because there are two sides to every story. Of course, he has probably changed some things with over and under exaggeration. He explained how mean and hurtful Fortunato was to him, but we never got to read Fortunato’s side. Montresor could have deserved the insults if any were made. He could have been overly sensitive, and could have taken Fortunato too seriously in his comments.
“The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.”
Here, Montresor is stating that whenever Fortunato “insults” him, his seeking of revenge becomes stronger. A normal person can take a few insults without seeking to kill their insulter.
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Post by Brianna on Nov 20, 2014 13:48:14 GMT
1. He could tell the police or some of Fortunato’s family members because of the feeling of being guilty for what he did.
2. We know that Fortunato has been invited into the vaults so that Monstresor could get his revenge on him. This is dramatic irony because the audience knows more than the characters do.
3. “I drink…to your long life”
“Come, we will go back; your health is precious.”
4.
a. His name is ironic because Fortunato reminds you of fortunate or lucky, and he got tricked into going with Montresor into the vaults just to get locked up and eventually die.
b. His costume is ironic because he is dressed like a jester or clown and when Montresor is burying him alive he starts laughing and starts acting like it’s all a joke.
c. The catacombs are where Montresor took Fortunato to chain him up and the carnival is usually a place full of partying and happy people.
5. Montresor is not a reliable narrator. He seems to be a little psychotic and could be making up all the insults and injuries that Fortunato apparently said or did. All through the story Fortunato seems to think they are friends and does no harm to Montresor.
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Post by Brandi Mahedy on Nov 20, 2014 13:50:19 GMT
1. I think Fortunato’s family because he would let the guilt eat him alive and he would confess to them.
2. That’s dramatic irony because; the readers know that Montresor is taking Fortunato to the vault to get his revenge on him.
3. “Come we will go back... you’re ill and I cannot be responsible.”
“And I to your long life.”
4a) His name is ironic because his name is Fortunato, his name sounds like fortunate or fortune, but he gets the exact opposite.
B)He wore motley. Motley is an outfit of different colors; like a jester. When he was being buried alive he started laughing hysterically and told Montresor that is was a good joke.
C) The catacombs are where Montresor takes Fortunato to get his revenge.
5. No I do not believe that Montresor is a reliable narrator because he is crazy. He could be making everything he has been saying up. Also he and Fortunato are believed to be friends, not enemies.
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Post by Brandon George on Nov 20, 2014 13:53:45 GMT
1. Montresor could be talking to a detective because the remains of Fortunado were found.
2. We know that Fortunato is being invited into the vaults so Montresor can kill/torture him. Fortunato, however, believes that he is going down into the vaults to drink the Amontillado.
This is a case of dramatic irony.
3. “ “A mason,” I replied”
“ “Come,” I said, with decision, “we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as I once was. We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible”
4A. Fortunato’s name reminds me of “fortune” or “fortunate”. He is not fortunate, however, as he is chained to a wall and trapped underground.
4B. Fortunato is wearing bright colored clothes, while he is being buried alive.
4C. In the streets, there is a big and happy celebration going on. In the catacombs, however, there is a murder happening.
5. I do not believe that Montresor is a very reliable narrator. When Montresor is talking about “the thousand injuries” he doesn’t go into any detail. Nowhere in the story does it show Fortunato insulting Montresor. Fortunato was giving him compliments throughout their walk through the catacombs. We only have Montresor’s word to go by, and from what he did to Fortunato, he is clearly insane.
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Post by Ashlyn Warner on Nov 20, 2014 13:55:06 GMT
1)I believe that he was talking to his family. Because he wants to let them know.
2)We know that something bad is going to happen , but Fortunato thinks they are going to find wine or treasure of sorts. This is irony because when your invited to go somewhere, it is usually good but in this case he gets buried alive.
3)"Pass your hand over the wall; you cannot help feeling the niter." and "Once more I implore you to return."
4A)Because when you think of his name you think of fortune and he has no fortune and hes getting buried alive.
4B)Hes getting buried alive in a jokers costume, but usually when people get buried the have on nice clothings of suit.
4C)Usually when you have a carnival its a bright and cheery place, but when they have thiers its over a dead place.
5)I do believe that he just mad ethe whole story up. Fortunato seemed very nice to Montresor. They held arms and seemed very nice. Also Montersor kept trying to get rid of Fortunato. He tried to get him to go home and be ill and then killed im!!!
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Post by Gabby Stinsky on Nov 20, 2014 18:14:06 GMT
1: Though he seems to be criminally insane, after half a decade of suffering from guilt, he would eventually need to confess to what he did.
2: Situational irony was used throughout because at first we wouldn't expect Fortunato to be killed because of his name.
3:“And I to your long life” Montresor knows that Fortunato won’t have a long life. “True-True” when Montresor agrees that a cough won’t kill him.
4a: Fortunato literally translates to "fortunate one"
4b: Fortunato wore a happy, bright jester costume while he died, while you usually see darker coloured outfits when people died
4c: Above ground there was a party, happy and loud while below them was a murder happening.
5: Throughout the story, gradually we see Montresor reveil his inner insanity as he unfolds his plan. Any person to be considered insane or not mentally all there wouldn't and probably shouldn't be trusted. He could have very well made up the entire story or had hallucinations.
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Post by Justin Hawkins on Nov 20, 2014 18:50:45 GMT
1:He could be talking to the police or Fortunato sons or wife because he feels guilty.
2:Fortunate does not know that Montresor is inviting him into the vaults to try to kill him. This is dramatic irony because we know what Montresor wants to do but fortunate doesn’t.
3:When Montresor and Fortunato were drinking the wine fortunate said “I drink to the buried that repose around us” and Montresor said “and to your long life” and then Fortunato died shortly after. When Fortunato thought that Montresor was in a mason gang group Montresor says “yes, yes”.
4:Most people would think that Fortunate name means he is lucky or he is fortunate but he got tricked to go into the catacombs and getting killed.
4b:The costume is ironic because Fortunato is dressed like a jester and after he is almost buried alive he jokes around with Montresor.
4c:It is because when Fortunato is screaming for help nobody hears him because they are parting up there.
5:Montresor is not a reliable narrator because there could be another side to the story. Fortunato does not do anything wrong to Montresor in the story and it might just be that he is crazy.
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Post by Dylan C. on Nov 21, 2014 13:22:22 GMT
1. To whom could Montresor be talking, fifty years after the murder, and for what reasons?
He could be talking to a police officer or investigator, possibly another victim, getting them to go to the vaults only to be imprisoned there just like Fortunato
2. Part of the story's horrifying effect comes from Poe's use of irony. What do we know that Fortunato does not know about why he has been invited into the vaults? Which type of irony is this?
We know that Montresor is planning revenge on Fortunato, this is dramatic irony
3. Identify two of Montresor's comments to the unsuspecting Fortunato that are verbally ironic. Place them in quotation marks for your answer.
“come, we will go back; your health is precious. You ar e 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. Besides, there is Luchresi—“
“And I to your long life.”
4. The story is full of other examples of irony. Explain why each of these are ironic:
a. Fortunato's name
Fortunato’s name makes the reader believe he is “fortunate “ or lucky which in the case is false
b. Fortunato's costume
he was dressed as a jester who are known to be happy or funny people, entertainers. However his fate is not as pleasant
c. The fact that Carnival takes place in the streets above the catacombs
This again is ironic because Carnival is a happy place but it is being held overhead of a place where many people were buried and where fortunato would be imprisoned
5. Think about whether or not Montresor is a reliable narrator. Do any details suggest that he might have imagined "the thousand injuries" and the insult - or even the whole story? Explain your answer with support from the text, not just opinion.
I don’t believe that Montresor is a reliable source, it is obvious he is insane. He screams at Fortunato as he struggles against the chains. The motivation to commit such a crime is withheld from the audience. He never gives any evidence of an insult or “injuries”. We could insinuate that, if there was in fact no insults given, Montresor is paraniod about people. possibly thinking that everything people say are pointed insults at him.
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Post by jnasados on Nov 21, 2014 13:30:35 GMT
1.He might be talking to his children so he could get that huge thing off of his chest and feel less guilty.
2.It is a type of dramatic irony. We know that Montresor is going to do something bad to Fortunato, but Fortunato doesn’t know about this event.
3.“A mason” “I replied.”
“ I had no intension of alarming you unnecessarily.”
4a.
It represents fortune but he ends up dead at the end of the story not fortunate.
4b.He wears bright happy clothing, while he is brutally killed in a dark wet space underground.
4c.A brutal murder is happening underground, while a festival is happening above the ground.
5.I think Montresor is unreliable narrator. When he is talking about the thousands of injuries he does not go into a good bit of detail of what some of the injuries are. He is also a bit insane. When Fortunato is chained up Montresor screams louder than Fortunato to shut him up.
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Post by Grant Moyer on Nov 21, 2014 13:31:22 GMT
1The cop who found the remains because Montresor is feeling guilty from what he’s done.
2We know that he didn’t invite him just for wine, but he wants revenge on him
It is dramatic Irony
3 “Yes, I said let us be gone” When Fortunato dies
“And I to your long life”
4a It sounds like “fortune” to me
4b Bright colored clothes, like a jester
4c There is a party going on while someone is getting murdered underground
5 Montresor is not a reliable character because he seems crazy. He just wants to kill Fortunato through the story.
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Post by Mason Hoare on Nov 21, 2014 13:32:53 GMT
1. To whom could Montresor be talking, fifty years after the murder, and for what reasons?
The police because he is old and he’s tried of being guilty for what he did and he wants to end it.
2. Part of the story's horrifying effect comes from Poe's use of irony. What do we know that Fortunato does not know about why he has been invited into the vaults? Which type of irony is this?
Dramatic irony because Fortunato doesn’t know why he is going to the valuts and the other people do.
3. Identify two of Montresor's comments to the unsuspecting Fortunato that are verbally ironic. Place them in quotation marks for your answer.
“let us be gone”
“and I to your long life.”
4. The story is full of other examples of irony. Explain why each of these are ironic:
a. Fortunato's name
Because he name reminds you of fortunate or fortune but he’s not so fortunate when he follows Montresor to the catacombs.
b. Fortunato's costume
It’s ironic because he is dressed in a jester costume and their fools and he got tricked into going into the catacombs.
c. The fact that Carnival takes place in the streets above the catacombs
The Carnival is fun place where people have fun and the catacombs is a scary place where dead people are.
5. Think about whether or not Montresor is a reliable narrator. Do any details suggest that he might have imagined "the thousand injuries" and the insult - or even the whole story? Explain your answer with support from the text, not just opinion.
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Post by Christian Cordero on Nov 21, 2014 13:34:20 GMT
2. We know that Montesor has bad intensions on Fortunato. He was invited to the vaults because Montesor wanted to intoxicate him before taking him to the catacombs. This is an example of dramatic irony.
3. Over the wall; you cannot help feeling the niter. Indeed it is very damp. Once more let me implore you to return. No? Then I must positively leave you. But I must render you all the little attentions in my power.
4a. This is ironic because his name sounds like fortune.
b. Fortunato's costume is an example of irony because he is wearing a costume like a jester and while Montesor was baring him you could hear the bells on his hat jingling.
c.That there were people partying while Montesor was baring Fortunato and he was still alive.
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