Throughout history and uptill today, stories have many similarities and differences. Two stories that are very similar are The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner. Both authors express uprising and planning of a death then finally killing a loved one.
Firstly, Montresor from the Cask of Amontillado suggests that his uprising growing up was to hate the family of fortunato because his family seems to have had many issues with them and Montresor feels the need to get back at him for the “ over a thousand of wrongs of fortunato [he has] bore” (Poe 293), this suggests that Fortunato has been holding in much anger and is planning on revenge and that it is his duty to do so since he lives alone and his family is no longer alive.We can also see the similarity in a rose for Emily by William Faulkner. Emily grew up in Jefferson, Mississippi where her father was a retired from the military so he was very wealthy and was able to take care of her. When her father had died she met a man with
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whom she fell in love with. She began to prepare early for her wedding until she found out that her true love was gay and that was the turning point for her life. Thus, both characters in both stories began to plan the death of a loved one.
Montresor had planned that because Fortunato is full of pride that he would trick him into going a dungeon where at the very end would be the Amontillado. Along the way montresor would be saying this and by getting Fortunato to get drunk along the way he knew that his plan would work. In a Rose for Emily we can also see that Emily tries to plan the death of her fiance. Emily goes to the store to purchase some arsenic. However the store clerk questions her intentions. Nevertheless he still gives her the arsenic which Emily had planned to use to kill her fiance with. She was given the arsenic for deceiving the clerk when she explained that she “wants some poison...for rats and such” (Faulkner 325). Here we can clearly see that emily is lying about what she is going to use the poison for just like montresor deceived Fortunato about the amontillado so that he could kill
him Finally, both characters had went out with there plan and both were successful in killing the person that they intended to murder.both characters involved a drink in the murder however Edgers plan of murder was more complex and thought out than Emily's. After montresor was able to get fortunato drunk to the point where he wasn't aware of what what was going on, montresor was able to bury him alive behind a wall using bricks as a barrier. We can also find some similarities with emily. After her fiance had died, every night she would sleep next to him till she also died. The big door acted as a barrier of him from the rest of the world. However people did find their bodies but in the cask of amontillado it does not mention anyone finding montresor. In conclusion, in both stories of The Cask of Amontillado by Poe and A Rose for Emily by Faulkner, there are many similarities such as how both characters were brought up, their plan of murder, and the death of a loved one. These similarities contribute to how the rest of the story went the way it did. All Emily wanted was love and to be loved which led to revenge and Montresor also wanted revenge for his life long enemy as well.
The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado are two stories written by Edgar Allen Poe in the 18th century. Both of these stories are primarily focused on the mysterious and dark ways of the narrator. Since these stories were written by the same author, they tend to have several similarities such as the mood and narrative, but they also have a few differences. For instance, the characteristics of both narrators are different, but both stories portray the same idea of the narrator being obsessive over a certain thing.
In the Cask of Amontillado, our narrator’s situation is one he is quite happy being in. Our narrator is Montresor, an Italian man rich with pride, and you quickly learn through his narration that he is intelligent, conniving, and extremely sinister. Throughout the story, everything Montresor does is motivated by one thing, his own thirst for vengeance. Montresor explains his actions are a result of Fortunato constantly abusing him and finally going too far, but he never explains anything Fortunato has done to insult him. When we meet Fortunato, he is extremely friendly towards Montresor, albeit a little intoxicated, so much that he makes Montresor’s story of “a thousand injuries” seem unbelievable (Cask 1). Compared to Gilman’s narrator whose spiral out of control was triggered by her forced seclusion from the outside world, it seems that Montresor’s insanity come from inside his own head. There is no evidence that suggest any attempts by Fortunato to belittle or insult Montresor in any way. I believe that Montresor may have been jealous of Fortunato’s success in life, and that is what drove him to vengeance. For example, on their way to the catacombs Fortunato makes a hand gesture of the Masons, a secret brotherhood, which Montresor doesn’t understand. Fortunato ask if Montresor is a Mason and for him to prove it, and Montresor lies and shows his trowel (Cask 5). This proves that
In “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor made up in his mind that he would carry out his act of revenge on Fortunato. Whatever offense Fortunato committed against Montresor drove him to the brink. The hatred inside was somewhat poetic. Montresor schemed to every detail how to carry out his revenge. The setting of the story is a dark, gloomy night at a celebration during carnival season. Montresor would be detailed in describing the monetary status of his enemy, his wardrobe or costume he wore to the celebration. He would set the mood as cheerful. Despite the ill feelings he has towards the now drunken Fortunato, Montresor pretends to care for his company to lure him towards his cunning plan. He strokes Fortunato’s ego and his love for wine to draw him towards the cellar. The dark, damp halls, the claustrophobia, and the human skeletons lying about the earth were all a foreshadowing of Motresor’s plan for the drunken Fortunato. It enhanced suspense to the story, building up to the climax which would be Fortunato entering into his grave. As they further enter the hal...
In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe and “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner both main characters are portrayed as irrational and are isolated from reality. The narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart” murders an elderly man, as he is fearful of the man’s eye. Emily Grierson in “A Rose for Emily” lives secluded from society, until she marries a man, Homer. She ultimately kills Homer in his bed and leaves his body to decompose for many years. Both the narrator in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” and Emily Grierson in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” deny reality so vehemently that they isolate themselves from reality. Their isolation and denial of reality cause both to commit murder.
Symbolism is something that represents more than what it really is. It is often by authors in their writing to give it more emphasis. For example:" In life there will always be peaks and valleys" meaning in life there will be ups and downs but we should enjoy the peaks and fight through the valleys. Objects can also be a form of symbolism such as The Bible, it represents more than just a book. It represents Life, Church, Religion, and the life of Jesus Christ and what he stood for. Irony is like a twist or words or the opposite of what is intended. For example: Laughing at someone that just slipped and fell, then later you find yourself slipping and falling is a form of irony. Irony is found in real life situations as well as writings. Symbolism is a technique that gives authors a better story and shows objects as more than what they are. They use techniques like this to catch the reader’s attention.
In his article “On Memory Forgetting, and Complicity in “the Cask of Amontillado”” Raymond DiSanza suggests that an act of wrongdoing is always at the heart of good horror stories. (194) DiSanza’s article on “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe describes Poe’s writing in a way I didn’t think of myself. DiSanza finds Poe’s language in this story to “taste like amontillado: smooth, slightly sweet, and appropriately chilled”. (DiSanza 195) Throughout his article he mostly talks about what possibly could have been Montresor’s motive to kill Fortunato? And why did Montresor wait fifty years to tell the story?
...montillado", Edgar Allen Poe tells us two very different stories with a similar theme. Poe seems quite comfortable writing about death in different situations, and recommends to us that death and revenge more often then not go hand in hand. This seems to be his most common theme in not only these two pieces, but in much of his work as well. He treats revenge more as a rule than exception, and that it is a normal part of life. Poe seems to write easier about death than life, and he addresses it with more dexterity and technique than most writers.
Poe 's work as an editor, a poet, and a critic had a deep impact on American and international literature. His stories mark him as one of the originators of both horror and detective fiction. Many anthologies credit Edgar Allan Poe as the "architect" of the modern short story. Poe was the author of the two short stories “The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amontillado”. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart” the narrator has an obsession fixed on the old man’s “evil” eye which leads him into madness and hate, and to killing the man he claims that he loved. The Montresor of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” hates his enemy Fortunato and he becomes obsessed with the thought of getting back at Fortunato, his hate becomes increasingly
Love, loss, death, and suffering are just a few of the many themes within one or both of the stories Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner. While each is distinctive in its own way, they still have several similarities, both between the main characters and the themes throughout the works. Class tensions and female roles are two significant themes in these works, which are exhibited through the lives and experiences of the leading female characters, Janie Mae Crawford and Emily Grierson, respectively. Even though the two stories are different, they still embody similar themes, which is important because the leading ladies are so unlike each other on the surface.
The first indirect factor that could contribute to Montresor’s vengeful act, and thus the story’s theme of revenge, is the character of Montresor. Montresor tends to harbor feelings of resentment and has a hard time not taking things out of context (Womack). He also plans the murder of Fortunato in advance and devises it in such a way that he will not be caught. In killing Fortunato, Montreso...
The stories A Rose for Emily and Pilon are both great works by great authors who use the setting, diction, and the point of view it is written from to tell their story whether it’s a nostalgic story or a dark narrative. Sandra Cisneros wrote the short-short story Pilon to show the reader about her flooding emotions of nostalgia due to an organ grinder playing a song that reminds her about her youth. On the other hand William Faulkner known for his dark stories writes A Rose for Emily about a woman who obviously has problems with loneliness. This woman, Emily, was kept from having boyfriends by her father until his death and after he dies she dates a guy, Homer, who turns up missing and at the end we find that she has kept his corpse at her bed all along. Although these stories seem to have many differences they also have their similarities and portray their theme in the setting, diction, and the point of view it was written from.
In "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, Miss Emily poisons her lover, Homer Baron, and keeps his corpse on her bed for several years. She did this as she was afraid of losing him and being left with nothing. In Trifles by Susan Glaspell, Mrs. Wright murders her husband, Mr. Wright, after he snaps her pet bird's neck. After many years of abuse, Mr. Wright snapping the bird's neck was the last straw for Ms. Wright. These women do not commit acts of civil disobedience but instead acts of rebellion, rebellion against both their husbands and society. In my opinion, Mrs. Wright took the strongest stand because she broke herself free from the oppression of her abusive husband, although through the use of murder, even if it was just for a few hours.
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In the Cask of Amontillado, Montresor showed Fortunato trowel to prove he was a “mason”, Fortunato thought he was joking but did not guess that was his murder weapon. Fortunato should have been smarter and guesses that he did not know what a mason was at all. He also told Fortunato his family coat of arms, which was something like “No one insults me and get away with it. So, that means that he wanted to avenge himself for what Fortunato said to him. Dramatic irony and foreshadowing are important because it leaves you guessing what going to happen and keep you on the edge of your
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