The Cask of Amontillado Group
What could a friend have done that would cause Montresor to exact the kind of revenge he did in "The Cask of Amontillado"?
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Taking Justice: Is it Right in the Story? Anywhere?
Created by miaomiao on Sep 1, 2008 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.- Writting a letter to Poe. Explain whether you found the characters believable and the ending satisfying.
Created by miaomiao on Aug 31, 2008 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group. 
What is the purpose of the narrator's "May he rest in peace" at the end?
Created by twinpopsies on Aug 26, 2008 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.
Moral Lessons in "The Cask of Amontillado"?
Created by budoy on Jul 22, 2008 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.- In your opinion, what is Montresor thinking when he says, “In pace requiescat”? Explain your interpretation.
Created by redhead08 on Jul 4, 2008 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group. 
- Luchresi’s role in the story
Created by sandkcox07 on Jun 20, 2008 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group. - Why do you think Poe chose to bring together the dreariness of the catacombs with the festivity of Carnival?
Created by jaco07 on Apr 29, 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...
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Posted by ichbinzwei on Apr 27, 2009 in the The Cask of Amontillado Group.
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