The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe
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The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled—but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved, precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.
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The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe Review About the Series. Preface. 1. INTRODUCTION. Edgar Allan Poe and a Heart Grown Sick. 2. LITERATURE. About the Author: Edgar Allan Poe. "The Cask of Amontillado." Discussion Questions. Research Topics. 3. SECONDARY SOURCES. "The Christian Catacombs of Rome: Introduction, History, and Outline of the Catacombs." The Christian Catacombs of Rome. 7 Mar 2003. Istituto Salesiano San Callisto--Roma. 23 Apr. 2003. Poe, Edgar Allan. "To John Allan." 3 Jan. 1831. Edgar Allan Poe Letters Till Now Unpublished in the Valentine Museum. Ed. Mary Stanard. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1925. Poe, Edgar Allan. "To John Allan." 15 Dec. 1831. Edgar Allan Poe Letters Till Now Unpublished in the Valentine Museum. Ed. Mary Stanard. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1925. Poe, Edgar Allan. "To John Allan." 12 Apr. 1833. Edgar Allan Poe Letters Till Now Unpublished in the Valentine Museum. Ed. Mary Stanard. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1925. Poe, Edgar Allan. "Thomas Dunn English." The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Ed. James A. Harrison. New York: AMS, 1965. Poe, Edgar Allan. From "The Imp of the Perverse." The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Ed. James A. Harrison. New York: AMS, 1965. Simms,William Gilmore. "Letter to Edgar Allan Poe." July 30, 1846. The Letters of William G. Simms. Ed. Mary Simms Oliphant et. al. Vol. 2. Columbia: U of Carolina P, 1952?1956. Dedmond, Francis P. "'The Cask of Amontillado' and the War of the Literati." Modern Language Quarterly 15.2 (1954). Moss, Sidney P. "Poe and the Saint Louis Daily Reveille." Poe Newsletter 1.2 (1968). White, Patrick. "'The Cask of Amontillado': A Case for the Defense." Studies in Short Fiction 26.4 (1989). Lovecraft, Howard Phillips. From Supernatural Horror in Literature. New York: Dover, 1927. Peeples, Scott. From Edgar Allan Poe Revisited. New York: Twayne, 1998. Platizky, Roger. "Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado.'" Explicator 57.4 (1999). Boutler, Doug. "'Lines on Ale': A Covert Action in the Longfellow War?" ANQ 14.1 (2000). 4. SAMPLE STUDENT RESEARCH PAPER. Biographical Sources for "The Cask of Amontillado." 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Works by Edgar Allan Poe. Journals Dedicated to Poe.
About the Author Author, poet, and literary critic, Edgar Allan Poe is credited with pioneering the short story genre, inventing detective fiction, and contributing to the development of science fiction. However, Poe is best known for his works of the macabre, including such infamous titles as The Raven, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Lenore, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Part of the American Romantic Movement, Poe was one of the first writers to make his living exclusively through his writing, working for literary journals and becoming known as a literary critic. His works have been widely adapted in film. Edgar Allan Poe died of a mysterious illness in 1849 at the age of 40.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Five star classic tale of revenge By Glenn Russell The Case of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe is a classic tale of revenge. Since there are over a dozen posts here, my review will take a particular slant: what German pessimistic philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer has to say about the psychology of revenge and how the revengeful narrator in Poe's tale relates to Schopenhauer's insights.Schopenhauer says we all suffer as the result of nature or chance but, as humans, we recognizes that is simply the way life works. He then writes, "Suffering caused by the will of another, on the other hand, includes a quite peculiar and bitter addition to the pain or injury itself, namely the consciousness of someone else's superiority, whether in point of strength or of cunning, together with that of one's own impotence." It's that person to person dynamic that gives us the real sting; someone intentionally shoves or hits us, humiliates or insults us, and, for whatever reason, we simply take it. This is what happened in the aristocrat-narrator's mind - he was insulted by Fortunato. I say `in the aristocrat-narrator's mind' since we as readers don't know if Fortunato actually intended to insult him.Schopenhauer sees two phases of compensation for the person who has suffered at the hands of another. 1) direct and legal - a stranger hits us and we take him to court and win a settlement 2) revenge - to deal with the psychological afterglow of the stranger's blow. Here are his words: "Recompense, if possible, can cure the injury done; but that bitter addition, the feeling `and that is what I have to put up with from you' which often hurts more than the injury itself, can be neutralized only by revenge." The narrator says his is not of a nature to merely threat. Being an aristocrat himself, that is, someone who is accustom to living life and having life on his own terms, he will not even consider direct or legal action or a mere threat. His first step is revenge, and a revenge where he will never be discovered or punished for exacting his revenge and a revenge where Fortunato will be fully aware he is the avenger.Here is the payoff for the avenger as Schopenhauer sees it: "By returning the injury, either by force or by cunning, we demonstrate our superiority over him who has injured us and thereby annul the proof he gave of his superiority over us. Thus the heart acquires the satisfaction it thirsted for. Where, consequently there is much pride or much vanity, there will also be much reveangefulness." This is where the philosopher's insights fit the characters in Poe's tale like a glove. Fortunato is a pompous aristocrat, a man full of himself, a man who, in the course of the story, calls another man by the name of Luchresi an ignoramus since Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry. The narrator, in turn, with his vaults and wines, his family crest and family motto, is filled to the brim with pride and vanity. And as he locks Fortunato to the damp wall and seals him up in the cold, dark nave, we as readers get the feeling his revenge is as sweet as sweet can be. As Alfred Hitchcock said, "Revenge is sweet and not fattening."Schopenhauer's words on the psychology of the avenger are penetrating. He writes, "But, as every fulfilled desire reveals itself more or less as a delusion, so does that for revenge. Usually the pleasure we hoped for from it is made bitter by the pity we afterwards feel; indeed, an exacted revenge will often subsequently break the heart and torment the conscience; we no longer feel the motivation which drove us to it, but the proof of our wickedness remains visibly before us." Poe's tale ends with the narrator-avenger completing his stone and plaster task and feeling his heart grow sick from the dampness of the catacombs. But this is the rub. He feels his heart grow sick but it this truly caused by the dampness of the catacombs? Might the narrator-avenger experience pity and hear-break and a torment of consciousness in the days, weeks and years to come? If he is not mad, then perhaps; if he is mad, then perhaps not. Since this is a tale written by Edgar Allan Poe, madness is always a real possibility. Thus, we can imagine the narrator-avenger spending his remaining days drinking wine from his vaults with a smug, satisfied smile, knowing there is one more pile of bones in his collection.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Amazingly Entertaining By Robert N. Schroeter I read this story in college (English 2) and i must say this was probably the best horror story i've ever read.First, i like to forget about the words he uses for a minute to explain that, although magnificently written, i take the story for how it was meant to be interpreted. And it was meant to leave you with a chill, and a feeling of despair that was so violently left in my stomach that i had to read it again and again.I can't wait to be sitting around the camp fire to tell this story.As far as the literary value, i am not shy in saying i didn't understand many of the words, but that's what a dictionary is for, and with the use of both books i came away thrilled with knowing and understanding what is probably one of the best horror stories ever written.The story is a macabre tail of two men, both upper classmen mindful of their positions in society. One of them; seemingly distraught over past wrongs done, strives to avenge his house by comitting one brutal act. His prey however, does not know his fate until it has met him alone, and face to face...Big Cheers to Poe for an amazingly entertaining story.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The Sweetest Revenge By A Customer This is Classic Poe... It was a required reading for me in school but after I read it I was compelled to re-read it. This story captivates the reader, while forcing you to ask, Why? Poe never really gets into the insult that occurred, but it is obivious that Poe is the master of Payback. He takes one of his greatest fears, being buried alive and transcends it into this story. What I find fascinating it the extent that he is willing to go to exact his revenge. Not only is his enemy buried alive, but he knows the person who has committed this endeavor
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