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Title: Cask of Amontillado
Description: Summary of The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. Includes map of events, such as exposition, inciting incident, etc.
Description: Summary of The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. Includes map of events, such as exposition, inciting incident, etc.
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Exposition: Speaker states he is tired of dealing with Fortunato’s mischief, and basically
Fortunato has done something that is the last straw
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Impunity = freedom from
liability
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Fortunato’s weak point: wine
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Inciting Incident: Montresor tells Fortunato he has received a pipe (keg) of amontillado (wine)
and supposedly doesn’t know what to do with it
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Fortunato disagrees and persists he has to see the cask, how he won’t mind the cold
chamber, nor the nitre
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As they walk through the damp
catacombs, Fortunato has a persistent cough
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When they drink the first
glass of wine together, Fortunato toasts to the dead around them, Montresor toasts ironically to
his long life
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He leaves
the area and goes to his space to unveil his tools to trap his so-called friend
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Climax: F is chained to the wall
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Fortunato snaps out of his drunk daze and groans/screams/shrieks from fear
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He laughs it off, assuming this is a clever joke
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F persists with the questions, saying it is getting late and they
should be returning, Lady Fortunato and the others are waiting
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Conclusion: M calls out for F, wanting to see his comical reaction, wanting to watch him squirm
with fear in order for him to feel powerful/above him, however F doesn’t reply
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He states his heart feels sick
but blames it on the “dampness of the catacombs” His last words are for F to rest in peace
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Throughout the process, there
are moments of hesitation
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Title: Cask of Amontillado
Description: Summary of The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. Includes map of events, such as exposition, inciting incident, etc.
Description: Summary of The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. Includes map of events, such as exposition, inciting incident, etc.