THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO by Edgar Allan Poe Summary & Analysis
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- Опубліковано 25 жов 2020
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In this video I'm talking about "The Cask of Amontillado," a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. If you're looking for more information about Poe's life or some of his others stories or poems, check out my full playlist: • Homework Help: Edgar A...
CORRECTION: At 6:05 in the summary, I misspoke and said Fortunato is chained by the wrist; he is actually chained by the waist.
SUMMARY 0:41
ANALYSIS
Narrator's mindset 9:01
Fortunato 10:30
Montressor 11:18
The trap 13:08
Talking wine 13:29, 17:58
The vaults 16:14
Montressor family crest 18:57
Freemasons 19:43, 21:55
Sealing the wall 20:58
Links to other stories 23:57
Hope that helps! If you have questions or you were interested in a different story or author, let me know in the comments and I'll see what I can do. Good luck!
Poe, Edgar A. "The Cask of Amontillado." The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales, The New American Library, Inc., 1960, pp.154-160.
© 2020 Carrie Hoover
This is the most understandable review about The Cast of Amontillado❤
Thanks for watching! I hope it was helpful!
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Great video! Once my brain is dead from studying I like listening to analysis videos to stretch my studying a bit longer. I really enjoyed this, a lot more than Fortunato enjoyed this, thanks for posting Carrie!
An excellent interpretation. Thanks for the assistance!
this is the most detailed and satisfying review of this story ive seen! great stuff, thanks
Thanks for watching!
This is my favorite story by Poe, thank you so much for doing this video :D
Can you please do more short stories by Edgar Allan Poe?? Your other videos were so interesting and easy to understand, I really hope you make more analytical videos on Poe's other short stories✨️
Fantastic breakdown and summary! :) Very helpful!
THANK YOU for your analysis on this story!
I hope it was helpful!
Excellent insight and summary Carrie! Thank you!
Thank you for watching! I hope it was helpful!
Wonderful! I enjoy listening to your analysis.
What an explanation, what facial expressions when you explain, your are awesome , thank you
Excellent summary and analysis!
Watching your videos as I watch Flanagn's The Fall of the House of Usher to refresh my high school memories for the literary references!
Your videos are perfect to give me as much detail as I need to appreciate the references and think a bit more deeply about the symbolism without having to reread each story!
Thanks for what you are doing!
I've been watching the miniseries, too! So far I think he's done a great job!
Thank you so much I've been putting off an assignment for this for so long! because it's so difficult on the grammar the story used so you breaking in down in an understandable way really helped me!! ♥♥
Thank you so much for this video!
Terrific video for anyone pleasure reading, studying, or teaching this short story by Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado. Beautifully described and interpreted. This should be very helpful for anyone desiring an excellent detailed description of this story.
This is one of my fav Poe stories
Thank you, I have a test with written responses tomorrow and this is very helpful.
That was the BEDT breakdown of Cask of Amontillado I have heard or seen. Perfecto! Subscribed!
Thank you so much!
i appreciate your art of telling a story ,i really liked
The best analysis I have ever seen
This helps a lot. I will be reporting tomorrow about this piece. Thank you so much
Good luck on your report!
This was honestly so helpful thx :)
I'm so glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
Also, great job. Please do more Poe.
My favorite short story by Poe, thanks for the video!
mine too
I don't see what the big deal is. I was waiting for the twist in the end and there was none.
@@guayabito6946It's not building to a twist, it's a steady simmer to a satisfying little treat.
Very nice very helpful very clear thank you
thank you so much! this helped a lot!! :)
I'm glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this
Thank You !
I would not be surprised if Poe actually put bodies behind structures in his existence. Cask, Black Cat,Tell Tale, all proud men who subconsciously admitted or confessed in years forward to boost about their acts. One committed a perfect crime, one just teased authority with impunity, and one just insane. He covered all angles within his(Poe) complex psyche...maybe he had the last laugh through his writing. Author...or a personal diary......
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is another story that features something similar.
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Very nice!
I love the way you told us the story ❤️
Thank you for helping me through my studies... Good luck
Good luck to you!
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This was super helpful! Couldn’t help but picture Fortunado getting trapped in your brick fireplace! Lol
Lol, I’d never thought of that!
very nice
You are great keep it going please!
I hope it was helpful!
@@CarrieHoover i was working on an essay. Although I've read the story like a hundred times it helped to play your video as I was writing my final draft. Helped keep me focused. Kept my thoughts organized. Very helpful
@@markelsuperbueno8126 Awesome!
I would love to see you talking about the short story In the South, by Salmon Rushdie.
very interesting
Thank you, reading it didn't help me understand but listening to you tell it like a normal story helped me get the rest
So glad it helped!
Do you have a video on Poe's The Raven? I would really like to hear a review on that story, one of my favorites
That ain't a story. That's a poem.
Good idea!
with analysis it made story more realisitic , knowing some cues was wonderful . I was just wondering any writer should have given any one piece of insult that " single " that even seperated from all those accumulated insults would be enough for igniting immolation. Fair would be for audience.
But i think i have found after your analysis what i like to add is:
Same situation repeated again. In plazzo where he was lonely from the start but Masons like fortunado had not made him their part leading him to be lonely separated, so even in carnival he felt caged in plazzo.Then later situation repeated but place was changed.
Write gave the choice to choose retribution of any kind or feel same as wrong doer while wrong doing.
By caging him he redressed.
This is so helpful. Do you have any videos on Hemingway?
Not yet, but it’s on the list! Do you have any favorites?
Hi love ur summary of the cast of amontillado its really brief n will like to know if u can help me with the way of the warld by William Congreve . thanks
Since Montessor knows how to use a chain and build a wall, he must have been forced to take up some manual labor
Good video
A "liker" and subscriber here. Excellent breakdown of this timeless masterpiece by Poe. Poe is similar to Stephen King in that his devious mind is revealed in his work. Someone who could just conjure up a scheme like this and put it down on paper has GOT to be a bit twisted, I think. Someone who could even have THOUGHTS like that! Please let me know your thoughts on that take on it. You've got an excellent channel here. I'm glad I found it.
Thought the same thing the beach drowning scene in Stephen King's Creepshow movie based on this how he helps him yell showing it is futile because noone will hear!!!!
In Genesis the heel crushing the serpent is a prophecy of Christ (the woman's seed) crushing Satan after he bites Christ (the crucifixion). When Fortunato says "For the love of God!" Montressor replies "Yes-for the love of God!" perhaps Montresor feels he is reclaiming his family birhright, i.e. God favors Montressor's vengeance. Thank you for an outstanding lesson!
It seems an allusion to Fortunato injuring Montressor but Montressor ultimately destroying Fortunato and having the final triumph (in his own view). Definitely a Biblical allusion, twisted though it be.
I would love to hear some analysis of Guy de Maupassant and his style of writing.
Could you do Morella
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I've written an unusual mystery story, entitled HAZARD ON THE LOOSE - which can be found in a volume of my stories entitled SEVEN TALL TALES; available at Amazon as a book or kindle - which you may be interested in; and which bears some similarities to The Cask of Amontillado; in that the denouement takes place in the wine cellar of an old house, where two keen wine buffs are seemingly intent on sampling some fine old vintages. The tale concerns a businessman, by the name of Jack Hazard, who breaks out of jail, with outside help, after serving five years of a fifteen year sentence. He had already promised to murder the four executives that he claimed had deliberately framed him up and saw him sentenced on entirely trumped up charges. One by one they are tracked down and murdered; until only two of the four remain. One of the remaining two hires the services of two private detectives, to add to the police protection he has already. Though it is assumed by most people that Hazard is the murderer the private detectives voice their doubts about this and reason that Hazard would be far too focused on keeping a low profile and avoiding recapture - as a large police force is dedicated to that purpose - to pursue some bizarre revenge vendetta. Will events prove them right? But if it isn't Hazard, then who is the actual killer? Could you guess? Happy listening, and reading.
Where was this book when I was in school
Great job! But how do we know that Fortunato DIDN'T die from his cough?
Even if that was the case, the cold and dampness of the vault would have accelerated his illness. The fact that he had no food or drink would also make him weak and vulnerable to his illness. Montresor set all the pieces in motion to dispose of his frenemy efficiently. Plus dying of a cold that turns into pneumonia in those circumstances would not be a pretty or clean death.
The Cask of Amontillado is my favorite story by Edgar Allan Poe. It's the perfect revenge story, and a perfect murder. Montresor weaves a very fine cobweb for the innocent little fly Fortunato, who has no idea he is headed towards his doom. Despite the lack of outward violence or gore, Montresor murders Fortunato in a very cold and cruel way. Not only is he relishing in Fortunato's fear and desperation as he slowly starts to sober up, but he also knows that Fortunato will experience a slow and agonizing death. He insures that Fortunato will suffer immensely until his last breath. And the best part is that Montresor not only got away with it but he feels no guilt or remorse. Quite the contrary, he seems quite please with himself.
Do The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft
How about 'Ligeia'?
Good idea!
I know Poe disliked allegory (or write as much anyway), but it's difficult to read this tale without it coming across as one. Fortunato is life (i.e, Fortuna * although it translates as 'fortune; it does not necessarily imply good fortune. Simply the _whims of fortune)._ Which is why Fortune knows his soul so well and caused him so many past harms. Dressed as a trickster, this supposed man of power (Life itself) is revealed more so as an easily manipulated clown. Deeper into the bowels of the earth he is led, where he is at once entombed while still alive. A scenario somewhat analogous to the human condition in general. With his senses dulled ("& a fire in his eyes') Montessor (a name associated w/ learning) leads Fortunato deeper and deeper w/ the promise of the coveted Amontillado; appealing to him as much for the additional drink as to settle the question of its authenticity, that his knowledge alone is capable of determining. Once chained to the wall the bricks can be seen as the moments/years of time, helplessly draining away in front of the living victim. Poor Fortunato is so deluded, denial prevents him from seeing his reality. Until the very end, when the final brick is placed, he is still laughing about what a great story it will make. **I stopped. midway to write this comment. Im gonna feel pretty silly if in the 2nd half you say something similar. chrs.
My 7th grader got this in week 2, online it says this is a grade 9-11? He's having a hard time with the concepts.
The sad story of Henry
Did people really break the bottle neck like he did with the Medoc? Good way to swallow glass it seems.
Isn’t Fortunato chained around the waist, not the wrist?
He is
Yes, I misspoke; you are correct!
Amontillado is a Spanish sherry, not an Italian wine.
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I actually had a taste of amontillado.
This is my personal opinion, but I think it’s overrated. It’s not worth dying for.
I've never tried it, but I can't think of any beverage that could be worth crawling through a burial crypt.
@@CarrieHoover maybe the elixir of life, but it would have to be a really good sales pitch
You should read out adult books as well
Haha rest in pieces!
"Amontillado" is actually a very expensive Spanish wine, not Italian. The very pronunciation should have told you that.
Who are you referring to? The speaker acknowledges that amontillado is a Spanish wine. In fact, the discussion of amontillado in the story is another example of irony. It allows Montresor to say that he’s as much an expert in the Italian vintages as Fortunato…who obviously is not an expert because he doesn’t know amontillado is sherry. So Montresor is acknowledging his own ignorance through the irony of comparing his knowledge to Fortunato’s obvious lack of expertise. Very very clever of Poe. And a great way to demonstrate details about both characters without being obvious.
watch the whole video before critiquing it
Make some slow....y haste dear Mam....
The video is 25 minutes long.