The Cask of Amontillado
Author: |
Edgar Allan Poe |
Main Characters: |
Montresor and Fortunato |
Luchesi |
a friend of Fortunato and Montresor |
Amontillado |
It is a kind of wine |
The Cask of Amontillado
Themes |
Revenge |
Deception |
Upholding someone's pride |
Crime as an art |
The Cask of Amontillado (copy)
SYMBOLISMS |
Cask |
barrel, associated with the death of Fortunato |
Amontillado |
The cause of Fortunato's demise or death |
Jester's clothes/motley |
Fortunato's Foolishness |
Black outfit |
death or evil |
Niter |
The trap into which Fortunato have been led by Montresor potassium nitrate |
The Cask of Amontillado
SYMBOLISMS |
Cask |
barrel, associated with the death of Fortunato |
Amontillado |
The cause of Fortunato's demise or death |
Jester's clothes/motley |
Fortunato's Foolishness |
Black outfit |
death or evil |
Niter |
The trap into which Fortunato have been led by Montresor potassium nitrate |
The Cask of Amontillado (copy)
SYMBOLISMS |
Cask |
barrel, associated with the death of Fortunato |
Amontillado |
The cause of Fortunato's demise or death |
Jester's clothes/motley |
Fortunato's Foolishness |
Black outfit |
death or evil |
Niter |
The trap into which Fortunato have been led by Montresor potassium nitrate |
Irony
Denotes contrast between expectation and reality |
One thing is said while another thing is meant |
The opposite of its precise meaning |
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Dramatic irony |
only the reader them what's gonna happen |
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when an audience knows something that characters do not know |
Ex: Fortunato: " I will not die of cough..." Montresor: "True...true" |
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Situational irony |
events occur that contradict expectations, often with tragic consequences. |
Examples: |
Fortunato |
"Fortunate " ended up being unfortunate |
Montresor |
"Treasure" in French |
Carnival Season |
The murder happened during the festivities |
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Verbal irony |
words are used to convey the opposite meaning from what they literally mean |
Examples: |
“My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met." |
"My friend" |
“We will go back; your health is precious" |
“And I to your long life” |
Terms:
In pace requiescat |
Rest in Peace |
Impunity |
With injurious consequences |
Coat of arms |
The Insignia or badge of the Montresor's. |
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A huge human foot crashing a serpent2 |
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"Nemo me impune lacessit" |
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Annabel Lee
Themes: |
True Love |
Faithfulness to the loved ones |
Annabel Lee
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea. |
Annabel Lee
Random aah notes |
setting |
In a Kingdom by the sea |
Seraphs
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Angel ; winged creature |
Sepulchure
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Tomb |
Coveted |
Envy ; jealous of |
Dissever
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Separate |
Annabel Lee
Author: |
Edgar Allan Poe |
Annabel Lee - Virginia Clemm |
14 years old she married Edgar |
Died at a young age (tuberculosis) |
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Invictus
Author |
William Ernest Henley |
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul. |
Invictus
Author: Pablo Neruda
You start dying slowly
if you do not travel,
if you do not read,
If you do not listen to the sounds of life,
If you do not appreciate yourself.
You start dying slowly
When you kill your self-esteem;
When you do not let others help you.
You start dying slowly
If you become a slave of your habits,
Walking everyday on the same paths…
If you do not change your routine,
If you do not wear different colours
Or you do not speak to those you don’t know.
You start dying slowly
If you avoid to feel passion
And their turbulent emotions;
Those which make your eyes glisten
And your heart beat fast.
You start dying slowly
If you do not change your life when you are not satisfied with your job, or with your love,
If you do not risk what is safe for the uncertain,
If you do not go after a dream,
If you do not allow yourself,
At least once in your lifetime,
To run away from sensible advice |
The Monkey's Paw
Author: |
William Wymark Jacobs |
Characters: |
Mr. White; Mrs. White ; Herbert |
Foreshadowing |
- storyteller gives hint of what is going to happen later in the story |
1.) The weather was dark and stormy |
Meaning: |
Terrible things are about to happen |
2.) Mr. White's reckless move in the chess game |
Meaning: |
Mr. White made a reckless or hasty decision of owning the pawn |
3.) "Well, I don't see the money, and I bet I never shall." |
Meaning: |
Herbert's death |
The Monkey's Paw
SYMBOLISMS |
Paw |
Desire for power/ symbol of evil/greed |
Mr. and Mrs. White's house |
It is compared to the Garden of Eden and was ruined by a snake |
Chess game |
Life |
The Monkey's Paw
Random aah notes |
chess |
game are Mr. White and Herbert playing at the beginning of the story |
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