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Week of November 3, 2014
 Without punishment
 unpunished
 How is this insignia symbolic of Montresor's
character?
 Oenophila: love of wines
 people who appreciate or
collect wine
Preclude
Impunity
Retribution
Redress
connoisseurship
Quack
Vintage
Motley
Surmount
 A contrast or an incongruity between what is stated
and what is really meant, or between what is expected
to happen and what actually does happen.
 Italy or France?
 Carnival Season
 Mardi Gras
 “supreme madness”
 Exposition:
 What is Montresor’s motive for revenge?
 Characterization:
 Narrator?
 Verbal irony
 Dramatic irony
 Situation irony
 the use of words to mean something different from
what a person actually says.
 “Thanks for the ticket, officer, you just made my day!”
 sarcasm is used to insult or to cause harm.
 What is verbal irony? (3:28)
“My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met.”
 This type of irony is popular in works of art such as
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movies, books, poems and plays.
It occurs when the audience is aware of something that
the characters in the story are not aware of.
a detective does not know that the criminal
responsible for the crimes in the city is his partner.
The audience, however, is already aware of this fact
and waits anxiously to know what will happen once the
character finds out what they already know.
In on a secret? That's dramatic irony 2:49
Fortunato tells Montresor not to worry about his health.
 involves a discrepancy between what is expected to
happen and what actually happens.
 occurs when the exact opposite of what is meant to
happen, happens.
 For situation irony to occur there has to be
something that leads a person to think that a
particular event or situation is unlikely happen.
 Situational irony: The opposite of what you think
(3:11)
Cask
Fortunato
 Writer or speaker says one thing and means something
entirely different
 Reader or audience perceives something that a
character is the story does not know
• Foreshadows Montresor’s murder of
Fortunato,
• Montresor comments on how
Fortunato should not go into the
vault because he has a cold.
 Montresor calls it "the white web work
which gleams from these cavern walls."
The niter, therefore, represents the web, or the trap,
Montresor has set for his victim.
 What is ironic about the handshaking?
 What is the example of foreshadowing?
 How does Montresor use reverse psychology?”
 Irony-4 examples
 “You are happy, as I once was.” Is there a hint in
Montresor's motivation?
 Irony How do you know that Montressor has premeditated
the murder?
 How can you tell that Montressor is deranged?
 Why does Montresor mimic Fortunato’s yells of fear?
 Irony Montresor-feelings of remorse?
 pronunciation
 Do you think that Fortunato injured Montresor?
 What does the mention of the “thousand injuries” tell
us about Montresor?
 Do you think the author meant you to share
Montresor’s attitude?
 What details support your answer?
How did the carnival help
Montresor execute his plans?
Montresor’s home was free of his servants due to
the carnival.
The drunkenness at the carnival made it easier for
Fortunato to be persuaded.
The costumes at the carnival allowed them to be
seen together without being recognized by others
as being seen together.
The noise of the carnival prevented anyone from
hearing cries for help from Fortunato.
 “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.”
1. What does this sentence mean?
2. What kind of person would say this?
 mood is a literary element that evokes certain
feelings or vibes in readers through words and
descriptions.
 Usually, mood is referred to as the atmosphere of
a literary piece, as it creates an emotional situation
that surrounds the readers.
•usually perceived as threatening, suspenseful, ominous.
•The threatening mood can be felt in Montresor’s words
early in the story:
“I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he
did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of
his immolation.”
That he can smile at his enemy while imagining his
death sets up a mood, or feeling, of something dark or
evil hidden beneath the surface.
 The Cask of Amontillado – minute book report
 The Cask of Amontillado – Mario Cavalli (15 min)*
 The Cask of Amontillado – Vincent Price (9:19)
 The Cask of Amontillado – John Carroll Version
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(20:33)
The Cask of Amontillado – Alan Parsons Project music
video (4:31)
The Cask of Amontillado- audio (10:00)
Parody – “Bad Revenge” (2:31)
The Cask of Amontillado – Amazon (22:00)