“Cask of Amontillado”
analysis with Cornell Notes
Montresor
Fortunato
Setting (all 5 senses)
nitre/niter (every detail you
can figure out about it: what it
is, how it forms, how it feels,
how it might taste)
amontillado (every detail)
climax of the story
verbal irony (the difference
between what is said and what
is meant ~ most sarcastic
comments are verbal irony)
situational irony (a different
outcome than what is
expected)
dramatic irony (the contrast
between what the character
thinks to be true and what we
(the reader) know to be true)
Attitude:
Costume:
Conflicts:
Attitude:
Costume:
Conflicts:
Carnival:
Montresor’s house:
Catacombs: