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Post by Admin on Nov 18, 2014 12:49:41 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 Jack Pickar on Nov 19, 2014 15:09:31 GMT
1.To us the reader which could represent someone he invented to confess to get the guilt off him
2.We know he is down there so Montresor can murder him, but Fortunato only believes he is down there for wine.
3.“Nemo me impune lacessit” Fortunato just believes he is saying a motto, he really means that he will get revenge.
“And I your long life.” He had just toasted to his long life moments before he kills him.
4.a. Fortunato's name
His name basically means fortunate, but by the end of the story he is anything but fortunate.
b. Fortunato's costume
He is dressed as a jester being a funny and happy thing in this story he is not he is intoxicated, rude, and dead.
c. The fact that Carnival takes place in the streets above the catacombs
Catacombs are basically buit from stone and corpses and for that to be under a huge party is ironic because it’s like two sides of a penny one dark ane light.
5.I believe he is not imagining it he is just insane after the insults of fortunate have given him. In fact I think he wants Fortunato dead for his family whose wealth is gone “The Montresors,” I replied, “were a great and numerous family.”
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Post by Christian Romero on Nov 19, 2014 15:19:47 GMT
1.He could be talking to the people that maybe were apart of those “thousands of injuries” showing that it could have been them and maybe get some type of guilt or regret out of them for they did to him and caused him to have that insanity.
2. Fortunato is going to be killed in the vault according to the narrator, but Fortunato has no clue. Its dramatic irony because we all know that the narrator has a hatred for Fortunato and wants to get his retribution and revenge by killing him in a wine vault but Fortunato has no clue.
3. “ My friend, no… “ “ Let us be gone. “
4a. Fortunato’s name includes the words fortune and or fortunate. In the story, neither of those names really come into play because Fortunato is killed which isn’t a fortune nor is fortunate.
4b. He is buried by the narrator and Fortunato is dressed like a joker and the joker usually represents a royal fool but it wasn’t really a joke of Fortunato being killed and buried.
4c. While everyone is having fun with friends and family at the Carnival, below them someone is getting killed so they are right above the murder and no one really has any clue which is ironic
5. He never really described the thousands of injuries he has felt or been through. He talked about just the one problem with Fortunato so you don’t know if the narrator really had thousands of injuries or just had a great hatred for Fortunato. He chained Fortunato and basically let him suffocate because of lighting a torch with a little bit of oxygen in the room and just let him die so it just seemed like one main hatred and a bunch of imaginable injuries that never happened because we could all hint at he had some insanity or problems with his mind and thoughts.
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Post by Dominic Levy on Nov 19, 2014 15:27:05 GMT
1. To whom could Montresor be talking, fifty years after the murder, and for what reasons?
The montresor could be talking to fortunatos grave.
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?
He is plotting to kill fortunato but he does not know.
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.
1. “Friend”
2. “For the love of God”
4. The story is full of other examples of irony. Explain why each of these are ironic:
a. Fortunato's name: His name means Fortune.
b. Fortunato's costume: He is a Jester as in a joker.
c. The fact that Carnival takes place in the streets above the catacombs: That is the place they were supposed to go.
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.
Details that suggest that he is not a reliable narrator is because he is phsyco. He was also insane.
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Post by Rebecca Kutz on Nov 19, 2014 15:27:49 GMT
1.He may be talking to the police, because after 50 years he felt guilty that he killed him and wanted to face his punishment.
2.We know that Montresor is taking Fortunato down to the catacombs to kill him. This is dramatic irony, because we know more than Fortunato.
3.“My friend, no; I will not oppose upon your good nature.”
“We will go back; your health is precious”
4.a)Fortunato’s name sounds like fortune, but he was unfortunate when it came to going down in the catacombs.
b)His costume is like the one of a joker, and he was a fool for going into the catacombs.
c)Carnival is a happy time, but in the catacombs there is a horrible act taking place.
5.
Montresor is not a reliable narrator, because he is insane. Also, his life isn’t happy anymore as he states “You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was.” He might have been jealous of Fortunato, or he just hated him.
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Post by Quinlan Crossley on Nov 19, 2014 15:29:04 GMT
1.He is telling us because he wants to tell his accomplishment of murder.
2.He is going to be killed. It is dramatic irony.
3.“My friend ,no; I will not impose upon your good nature.”
“A draft of this Medoc will defend us from the damps.”
4.a. Fortunato's name
His name has the word fortune in it. It is ironic because he is not fortunate.
b. Fortunato's costume
He is dressed like a joker. It is ironic because the joke is on him.
c. The fact that Carnival takes place in the streets above the catacombs
It is ironic because Carnival is normally a happy time.
5.Yes he is not reliable, because he says “A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.” This makes him sound insane or crazy. He might have exaturated or even imagined it.
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Post by Christian Wagner on Nov 21, 2014 14:13:02 GMT
1. To whom could Montresor be talking, fifty years after the murder, and for what reasons?
Montresor could be talking to the grave of 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?
Dramatic Irony
We know that Montresor is luring Fortunato to his own demise.
3. Identify two of Montresor's comments to the unsuspecting Fortunato that are verbally ironic. Place them in quotation marks for your answer.
1. “Friend”
2. “For the love of god”
4. The story is full of other examples of irony. Explain why each of these are ironic:
a. Fortunato's name: his name means Fortune
b. Fortunato’s costume: his costume was like a joke to Montresor
c. The fact that Carnival takes place in the streets above the catacombs
That’s where there supposed to be.
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. He is a reliable narrator because he gives every detail on the cask of Amontillado.
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Post by Andres Penaloza on Nov 21, 2014 14:17:09 GMT
1. To whom could Montresor be talking, fifty years after the murder, and for what reasons?
He might be talking to his wife, his children or lady Fortunato. He might be close to death and he wants to tell someone the terrible thing he did to 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 Fortunato has been invited to the vaults so Montresor can kill him. 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.
“And I to your long life” pg. 235
“A draft of this Medoc will defend us from the damps” pg. 235
4. The story is full of other examples of irony. Explain why each of these are ironic:
a. Fortunato's name
Fortuanto’s name looks like the word fortune. We know what Fortunato’s fortune is but Fortunato doesn’t.
b. Fortunato's costume
He is dressed like a joker. So the audience might think he would be the one pulling the joke but the joke is on him when he gets killed.
c. The fact that Carnival takes place in the streets above the catacombs
The carnival is a place where it is full of fun. A horrific killing is happening right below this.
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.
Montresor is not a reliable narrator. Fortunato could have been a regular person with a lot of money and joy. Montresor might have been jealous of this because in the text he said that he used to be rich, loved, and full of joy. (Pg.235) I don't think he imagined the story but he did imagine the insult.
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Post by Joseph Guidotto on Nov 21, 2014 14:17:53 GMT
1. To whom could Montresor be talking, fifty years after the murder, and for what reasons?
Montresor could be telling the wife of Fortunato because she is probably feeling the pain montresor felt when fortunate was still alive.
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 Fortunato has been invited to the vaults because it’s part of Montresor plan to kill him. Fortunate doesn’t know this. 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.
“A draft of this Medoc will defend us from the damps”pg.235
“And I to your long life” pg.235
4. The story is full of other examples of irony. Explain why each of these are ironic:
a. Fortunato's name
If you break down the name, the word fortune is in it. The audience thinks he is a fortunate man because of his name, but he ends up getting killed. This is Situational Irony.
b. Fortunato's costume
Fortunato is dressed as a joker, so the audience might think he will be pulling the joke, but the joke is on him when he gets killed. This is Situational Irony.
c. The fact that Carnival takes place in the streets above the catacombs
The carnival is taking place so the audience might think it is going to be a happy story, but underneath in the catacombs death is taking place. This is Situational Irony.
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.
Montresor is not a reliable narrator. Fortunato could have been a regular person, just with a lot of wealth and happiness. Montresor could have been jealous of this because in the text he talks about how he once was rich, respected, admired, beloved, and happy. I don’t think he imagined the story, I do believe he was unreliable. Pg.235
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Post by Hunter Smith on Nov 21, 2014 14:18:50 GMT
1)All the people that gave him the insults and stress to talk about they had done to him.
2)We know that he is planning on killing him and Fortunato does not know this giving this dramatic irony.
3)“my friend”
“the cough is a mere nothing: it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough”
4a)His name should bring him luck but it does not give him anything to help him. His name basically means the opposite
4b)Joker- They are known as “clowns”. His name means means lucky and he is the one getting a joke pulled on him. The joker is the one to be funny but it is unexpected he gets a joke pulled on him.
4C)You would think that carnival would bring happiness but death is happening right underneath.
5)No, because he lied a lot about being friends with Fortunato and about the thousand injuries he could be lying the injuries to thicken the plot.
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Post by Jesse Dietrich on Nov 21, 2014 14:23:01 GMT
1. He could be talking about what he has done to the man who has always made fun of him. He could be talking to the readers.
2. It is a situational irony. We know that fortunato is being invited into the catacombs because montresser wants to kill him. All fortunato knows is that he is being invited to get some amontillado for the celebration.
3. ‘’And to your long life” 3-2. “Let us precede to the amontillado”
4-a fortunato is a rich man
4-B.he is wearing a costume similar to that of a jester implying that the joke is on him for going down in the catacombs
4-c. The fact that Carnival takes place in the streets above the catacombs C. carnival is a fun time for people of Italy above the caticombs but suffocating someone in these catacombs under people’s feet isn’t very fun.
5. Montressor is not a very reliable narrator because he might have imagined himself killing the man that he was never been able to kill, Implying that he has gone insane and is most likely making the story up.
GABEN?
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Post by Kristen Walker on Nov 21, 2014 14:23:48 GMT
1) He's talking to "Fortunato" which is really just himself and the sounds he thinks he's hearing.
2)Fortunato is being invited into the vaults to be killed, it is dramatic irony.
3) "we will go back; your health is precious." "you are a rich, respected, admired, beloved;"
4a) he's unfortunate in the fact he's being killed.
4b) he was a royal fool, and a fool
4c) carnival is a happy event, while the event that is occurring for him at the same time it takes place is awful.
5) He is an unreliable narrator, he seems insane, therefore his accusations may have been taken too far.
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Post by Robert Costello on Nov 21, 2014 14:24:44 GMT
2. Fortunato was drinking a lot of wine while following Montresor into the catacomb which had niter on the walls.
4.a. You would think of him being fortunate, but instead he is very unfortunate and got killed.
4.b. his costume was a joker and a joker is who normally entertains the king but in the story it’s the narrator who is getting entertained.
4.c. the story takes place under the carnival which is under the streets in the catacombs instead of above the catacombs.
5.I don’t think montresor is a reliable narrator because it doesn’t give any hint that he imagined “the thousand injuries” and the insults so it most likely happened. I do feel like he overreacted because Fortunato could have just been joking around with him but he took it too seriously and went too far with the punishment.
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Post by Gary Dorestan on Nov 21, 2014 14:25:50 GMT
Using complete sentences, answer the following questions pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado."
1. To whom could Montresor be talking, fifty years after the murder, and for what reasons?
Montresor could be talking to anyone who finds the body of fortunato because fortunato is dead and he is the one to kill him so therefore he must be talking to us or anyone who finds the body in the catacombs.
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 as the reader that fortunato is going to be killed in the catacombs by montresor himself and dear fortunato thinks of him as a friend when we know they are not.
He is being invited to the vaults of the catacombs to be killed by, montresor because he wants to have revenge for a mistake fortunato has done to him.
This is verbal irony.
3. Identify two of Montresor's comments to the unsuspecting Fortunato that are verbally ironic. Place them in quotation marks for your answer.
“My dear fortunate you are a lucky met” is one comment I though was ironic because fortunate turns out to be unlucky.
The gait of my friend was unsteady and the bells apon his hat jingling as he strode.
4. The story is full of other examples of irony. Explain why each of these are ironic:
a. Fortunato's name fortunatos name is ironic because his name means to have fame fortunate and luck but was not treated as such by montresor. Instead was killed and did not have any luck at all.
b. Fortunato's costume his costume is ironic because he is again supposed to portray power and great riches but dresses like a joker. So instead of looking like a person with power he ;looked like a joke and could not be taken seriously.
c. The fact that Carnival takes place in the streets above the catacombs the carnival was ironic because a carnival is supposed to be family oriented and below the feets of young children and families there is terror and death related sceneory which makes it ironic.
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 Karlee Rapp on Nov 21, 2014 14:26:11 GMT
1. To whom could Montresor be talking, fifty years after the murder, and for what reasons?
Fortunato is probably talking to anyone who has witnessed Fortunato after his murder, since it’s likely that someone will end up finding the body.
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 something horrible will happen to Fortunato despite the fact that Montrestor is treating like a friend. This would be considered verbal irony.
3. Identify two of Montresor's comments to the unsuspecting Fortunato that are verbally ironic. Place them in quotation marks for your answer.
“My Dear Fortunato, you are luckily met”
“The gait of my friend was unsteady, and the bells upon his hat jingled as he strode.”
4. The story is full of other examples of irony. Explain why each of these are ironic:
a. Fortunato's name
Fortunato’s name sounds like Fortune. Fortune usually represents happiness, wealth and prosperity. However, Fortunato’s life was short lived when he was murdered by an isane man.
b. Fortunato's costume
Fortunato was a known to be a powerful and respectful man, but he was dressed up like a royal fool.Therefore, he was considered to be a joke instead.
c. The fact that Carnival takes place in the streets above the catacombs
Carnival is supposed to be a happy and joyful time. However, the people don’t notice the dark and dreadful things happening below their feet.
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.
Montrestor is probably not the most reliable narrator. His mind couldn’t comprehend anything logical at the time. He probably overreacted to the insults that Fortunato has said to him. He’s even called him his friend in the text, so maybe he never truly hated Fortunato,
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