The Cask of Amontillado Group
Do you think the insult to Montresor was all in his mind?
Created by cathrynnicolai on Jan 20, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.
How might the story be different if Montressor had told it the morning after the murder?
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Interpreting Symbols in The Cask of Amontillado
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what do you think montresors feelings are towards those have wronged him?
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Insanity and Unreliable Narration
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Poe's Personal Life as Influence on "The Cask of Amontillado"?
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In "The Cask of Amontillado," do some or all of the characters' attitudes toward the setting change?
Created by alishalusty on Sep 23, 2008 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.- Speculation about Storyframe/Setting
Created by l1206 on Sep 16, 2008 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group. - In "The Cask of Amontillado," what would be different if it was in the U.S and what would be different if it happened in the 1990s?
Created by lauren6 on Sep 16, 2008 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group. 
Reasons that Montressor would kill Fortunato?
Created by rachelrck7 on Sep 14, 2008 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.
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The setting of the carnival season also serves to further Fortunato's death. Because of the...
Posted by scarletpimpernel on Oct 21, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.- The setting in the story is dark and spooky, and it becomes even more forbidding. As sober...
Posted by mshurn on Oct 21, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group. 
It's so entertaining in large part because of the truths recognizable in it. Little winks such...
Posted by jhutchin on Aug 26, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.
There is not enough information given by Poe to answer the question which is clearly the author's...
Posted by tremens on Aug 20, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.- The setting is more significant and more developed in "The Cask of Amontillado." Montresor's...
Posted by mshurn on Jul 6, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group. 
The novels are both illustrative of their Gothic nature. They both involve elements of death,...
Posted by herappleness on Jul 6, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.
Also both of these stories have characteristics that may or may not have happened, leading to an...
Posted by epollock on Jul 5, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.
Both of these tales have a narrator who is bent on harming another human being. And, both...
Posted by mrs-campbell on Jul 5, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.- The elements of point of view, imagery, and diction come to mind. Also setting, which is...
Posted by epollock on Jun 26, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group. 
How about the reliability of the narrator? Is it possible that Fortunato never committed any...
Posted by amy-lepore on Jun 26, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.- Always Edgar Allan Poe offers a great study of the singleness of focus in a short story. ...
Posted by mwestwood on Jun 26, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group. 
How about point of view? Poe uses the classic "unreliable narrator" technique, of which he is the...
Posted by mrsmonica on Apr 28, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.
In reply to #2: thx, you've restored to me hope in the internet =)
Posted by ichbinzwei on Apr 27, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.
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