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The Cask of Amontillado

by Edgar Allan Poe

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The Cask of Amontillado

The final lines of "The Cask of Amontillado" are "For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!" These words reveal that Montresor successfully executed his revenge on...

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The Cask of Amontillado

"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe explores themes of revenge, justice, and the consequences of unchecked emotions. The story suggests that vengeance is not equivalent to justice and...

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The Cask of Amontillado

The doppelganger is a literary technique in which a double (or look-alike) appears in the story as a representation of evil. In the case of "The Cask of Amontillado," there is no real tangible...

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