The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe | Summary & Analysis
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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe provides an in-depth analysis of the plot, themes, and symbols in Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Cask of Amontillado.
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In this brief but chilling tale, narrator Montresor puts into motion a fantastical and cruel revenge fantasy against his sworn enemy, Fortunato, who believes they are friends.
Tempting him with the promise of a taste of Amontillado sherry, he leads him into his family catacombs, plying him with wine and flattery. Poe slowly reveals to the reader Montresor's true intent in leading Fortunato into the charnel depths with his trademark command of atmosphere and pacing.
Troubled American writer Edgar Allan Poe exhibits his mastery of suspense in the horrific short story "The Cask of Amontillado,” which was first published in 1846. Replete with death, deception, and a disturbing denouement, this twisted fable is a touchstone of the horror genre.
Did you know that The Cask of Amontillado was inspired by a spooky story Poe read called “A Man Built in a Wall,” about workers who found a skeleton mysteriously entombed behind a church wall in Italy?
Like most Edgar Allan Poe stories, The Cask of Amontillado is rich with literary devices including themes of revenge, folly of pride, and paradox. Motifs and main characters such as dampness, Montresor, Fortunato, wine, and masquerade also work to create the psychological horror Poe is known for.
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thanks for helping pass my english class
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This analysis was very profound and revealed a number of ironies and parallels I do not think I would have caught on my own! Something I would like to add, however, was that in your analysis of Fortunato, you claimed that his name was ironic because he was in fact very unfortunate. This can be even more so ironic, however, because he led a very fortunate life. A rich man and a connoisseur. It is eiry how a man can lead a fulfilling and rich life, only to die a lonely and unsuspected death! This was very clever on Poe's behalf and it begs the question: What are true riches? A man who lives a life of wealth and gluttony for material goods dies all the same as a poor man. I believe this theme was a brilliant underlying message to those who caught it!
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a little repetitive but I def enjoyed the visuals with the solid analysis
I agree but it is a short story and it will contain a large amount of messages in just one phrase
These stories are more interesting than any suspense drama!!
It was a real help for my class. It had great visuals and wonderful content. Just a small request. Many of my students who watched it felt that it the narration was a bit fast. This is because English is not their native tongue. Your content is great and I would like to show more to my students. Kindly narrate slower. Thanks for your help!
There's a way to slow down the video yourself :)
Click the gear at the bottom right, quick playback speed, then adjust it to your liking.
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This whole youtube channel is a lifesaver for my humanities class.
It makes so much more sense now! Thanks!
Perfectly explained. You found a way to explain in a very interesting way, all the important things in the story. Even though it is a bit repetitive, I understood everything really well.
Make more of these! I love to watch them😃
Thank you! This helped me a lot and definitely made me enjoy and understand the story more. I also liked the way it was being explained although it is a bit repetitive.
thank you so much i did not understand this story even after reading it multiple times sooo thank you so much! i understand it now.
Lucas Castañeda - Creative Writing- The origin of "The Cask of Amontillado" itself reflects one of the story's main themes,
the desire for vengeance.
The coat of arms for the Montresors is a snake biting a foot. The foot stepped on the snake and that is why the snake is biting the foot. Not the snake bit the foot and the foot stepped on the snake.
Ducky I thought the same thing. The snake (The Montresors) is biting the foot as out of revenge for stepping on it.
In other word
They call him big hat logan because
he wore a big hat
Wow so deep
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explain the story very well, although repeated many times, it is enough to help newcomers understand what the video is saying, they make me understand what they are saying
A fact about The title “The Cask of Amontillado” is that it represents the themes of revenge, foolishness, and intense irony.
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Miguel Jaramillo Perez
This video was a very nice and interesting way of explain this history. It was a little bit repetitive but very interesting at the same time. I like the way this history represents revenge, deceit, and murder.
Thank you this was very helpful, it was a bit repetitive but in a way it helped me better understand the story. Thank you so much
This is helping me a lot with my fiction class :D Thanks !
one of the questions my teacher gave me was asking if it is day time or dark, do you know what time of day it is in the story
A key factor in the hysteria is how Fortunato's death marks your mind, such an atypical way of dying, and makes you wonder if he deserved to die or just be forgiven.
Thank you! Unfortunately some people fail to understand Montresor is a sociopath, instead they glamorize and idolize him....How shameful.
Great video, but I just feel the need to mention that Julius Caesar is not a Roman emperor. His adopted son, Augustus, was the first emperor of Rome.
Thank you ♥️
I always thought the Snake was the Montresor family in their coat of arms.
It is.
Same
Thank you!!!!!
thanks teacher!
you’re the only reason i passed my english class i swear
Very useful content
Thank you , i love u guys
The exaggerated way of speaking really makes the information absorb in my brain better . Thankd
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I really like the video!
thankyou for this
This man just did my English for me.
Thank you Russell, very cool!
Thank you🙏
FANTASTIC ACCOUNT! GOD BLESS
Where was this when I was in high school omg
I have a quiz on this story and the pit in the pendulum so I’m watching this
Looks like I’m the only one who’s watching this for fun lol
Definitely
No not quite. I’m revisiting this short story after 25 years.
Hey Doc. Try to find some jobs instead of watching this torturous video. LOL
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I'm here due to a meme
hell yeah dude I read this story like 6 times and didn't get half the info that I just did from this video.
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god this guy is such a goober
There are several inaccuracies here. EXAMPLE the coat of arms. The video states the foot is Montresor and the snake is Fortunato but it is more accurate to state the opposite. Fortunato (the foot) thinks he is hurting (insulting) Montresor (the snake), but little does the foot know, he will be bitten by Montresor, hence revenge. The foot stepping on the snake won't kill it, but the bite of the snake on the heel of the foot would provide a venomous bite. There are other inaccuracies here as well.
like what
That makes sense 💯
Ok I need someone to explain to me Fortunato and Montresor's miscommunication because I have a h.w due tomorrow😅
Edgar A.Poe 'English vocabulary must be larger than any other novelist of the 19'h century
One of the most difficult short stories to read/understand 😥
my point of view of this writing is one of the macabre of this author due to how that cruel murder is narrated to which revenge is also shown to its maximum.
The audio reading of this story is about the same length as this summary.
Watching this during English
I have to write a whole ass paragraph about monstresor of his motive and critiea for revenge. Like up to 8 sentences nothing less than 6 sentences maybe. And I'm struggling.
this is definitely too late, but for future references, you can just go to the three lines under the video and press transcript and then you can copy what the video is saying.
@@St4rgir1_5.0 thats plagiarism, and also its got like a million grammer mistakes in it
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Hey guys I think the family is obsessed with revenge based on the motto and coat of arms
Which is exactly how it's written. Could have fooled me.
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.
6:20 - Christianity does not teach “reincarnation.” And I think as another the family crest holds a deeper symbolism than the host realizes. It’s probably a representation of the Edenic prophecy of Genesis 3, “You shall bruise its head but it shall bruise Your heel.” This pertains to the Son of Man crushing the head of the serpent but the serpent biting the heel of the Son of Man. In Christian theology this is speaking of Christ on the cross defeating death & the great serpent-adversary of mankind.
Having taught Poe’s story myself I am confident Poe is either making a slight against God for what appears to Poe as an unpleasant aspect of God enacting His “vengeance” upon those who have offended Him and/or Poe is tacitly suggesting that Montressor and Fortunado are representing mankind apart from God’s forgiveness. We are all like these fools. Wine here, instead of representing Jesus’s blood shed for the forgiveness of sin, is the vengeful vintage foolishly imbibed for the purpose of drunkenness - wine is a “mocker” (see Proverbs 20:1), a fool.
So how will you have your wine? As a “fool” that leads to vengeance and death (Fortunado does not come out of his tomb), or will you have the wine of forgiveness and life Jesus offers as His blood, shed for the forgiveness of sin?
Poe to say the least was conflicted on this point.
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I'm glad for your explanation, but you sound too overenthusiastic and also a bit repetitive, but I guess it's fine since it gets the job done.
how many times can you repeat the same phrases? why do you have to talk like you are explaining this to 5 year olds? the tone is very off putting, it feels like I am watching the wiggles or something, grating voice and bizarre facial expressions very uncomfortable to watch no offence
His fake enthusiasm was unbearable. I couldn't finish the video. Way too much "in your face". Chill man.