Analysis Of Insanity In The Cask Of Amontillado By Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe's mind seems to be a confusing and dark place. From his stories to his poems you can see the lurking insanity in his writings. The way Poe writes his stories and the events that take place and the way he thinks to wright, one might think his head is a strange place. Take “The Cask of Amontillado” for an example. This story has the twisted sense that killing someone is the best way for revenge, and the way Fortunato was buried alive in a cement wall seems like a heavy punishment for a little teasing. Each of Poe's writings displays some twisted, and somewhat sickening to some, ways inside his mind. The following is different stories he has written that exposes the insanity within.
In Edgar Allan Poe's short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” Poe displays the revenge that can consume oneself by taking over. In the story, Montesor was to get his revenge and he said, “Neither by word nor by deed did I give Fortunato cause to doubt my good will toward him. I smiled in his face, as always, and he did not know that now I was smiling at thought or the punishment sure to be his.” (Pg. 1).  Montesor was sure he was to get his revenge on …show more content…

He changed from an animal loving man to this person; “Our friendship lasted, in that manner, for several years… I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others… I not only neglected, but ill used them.” (Pg. 3). The narrator went from a man with an extreme love for animals and his wife to having hatred toward them even the most loyal. Suppose that anyone can transform under any influence. In the story, the narrator transformed because of alcohol, but friends, family, and work can transform someone if they let it. Cutting out a cat's eye, then hanging it from a tree to write such a thing, one would have to be mad. It's somewhat dark to be able to think how someone could be so

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