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What devices does Poe use to create and heighten the suspense in "The Cask of Amontillado"?
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One technique that Poe uses is letting the reader know right off the bat, that Montresor was out for revenge, and that he would punish with "impunity". This bit of foreshadowing is ominous,...
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Poe uses many Gothic elements to create this masterpiece of the macabre.
First, he uses a superb narrator, Montressor, who shows vast intelligence, cunning, and manipulation. But, as...
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