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Showing posts with label Cask of Amontillado. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cask of Amontillado. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Blog-only bonus question! If the story is an allegory of writing, and Montresor a kind of author, what would that make Fortunato: his character, a reader, a literary rival?

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Why are we never told what "injuries" & "insult" (p. 14) Montresor suffered?

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Who is the "you, who so well know the nature of [Montresor's] soul (p. 14)?"

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What does Montresor's carnival costume (p. 15) reveal about him?

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Why does Montresor probe the recess with his rapier (p.19)?

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What feelings does Montresor have about his act?

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