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Literary Analysis Essay of The cask of Amontillado

I want to talk about the suspense in the story

—

the cask of Amontillado. The writer Edgar

Allen Poe uses a lot of suspense in the story. So when readers read the story they are deep

attractive

in

it.

The

writer

creates

suspense

by

using

foreshadowing

and

conflict.

And

it

makes the suspense more dramatic and easy to understand.

In the short story the cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allen Poe creates the main characters by

the dialogue between them. The dialogue shows how dark and evil the protagonist is. The

writer

also

mirrors

the

inner

change

of

the

main

characters

by

using

the

conversation

between them and some detailed depiction. Finally, the background of the writer is also very

important for you to understand the theme of the story. The more you know about the writer,

the deeper you will understand the story.

The

suspense

in

the

story

is

very

artful

and

attractive.

The

suspense

also

makes

the

beginning of the story more clearly. The whole story goes on very smoothly. You can see the

suspense almost everywhere in the story. But the writer uses many different ways such as

foreshadowing and conflict to make them look different and dramatic.

There are some examples of suspense in the short story. First, it is in the first paragraph

of the story, Montresor said he must not punish but punish with impunity. (Edgar, 1) In my

point of view, this is

the first

suspense in the story.

It

let the readers think about

the two

characters. The readers may have a first impression on one of the characters---- Montresor,

who is evil and revengeful. However, which evil ways Montresor used to punish Fortunato,

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every reader want to know it. Indeed, this is a very useful suspense to attract readers.

The second suspense in the story is in the third paragraph. The key word is immolation.

Similarly, the word shows the protagonist is an evil avenger. On the other hand, the word

immolation shows that the protagonist would kill the antagonist in the end of the story.

There is the third suspense in the middle of the story. The protagonist said that he cared

about

the

illness

of

the

antagonist,

so

they

will

go

back

because

the

antagonist

is

rich,

respected, beloved, and happy. The health of the antagonist is more precious. (Edgar, 3)

The forth suspense is in the forth page of the story. The two characters walked through

the

long

walls

of

piled

skeletons.

In

my

view,

it

foreshadows

the

death

of

the

antagonist------ Fortunado. In addition,

‘its

wall had been lined with human remains, piled to

the vault overhead.

’

(Edgar, 5) It is also suspense in the story.

All in all, there is much suspense in the short story. The writer Edgar Allen Poe creates

and sets them into the story gimmicky, as a result, the readers will have a deep impression

on

this

story,

when

readers

start

reading

this

book,

they

cannot

give

up.

Also,

the

writer

describes the characters by using suspense. You really want to know the characterization of

the

characters.

Such

as

the

darkness

of

the

protagonist.

Most

important,

the

readers

are

focus on the polt of the story, they will clearly know the beginning, the climax, and the end

of the story. So the readers might think about that they are one of the characters in the story.

Then they will a deeper and particular considering of the story.

In

addition

to

suspense,

Edgar

Allen

Poe

uses

the

dialogue

between

the

two

main

characters to make them fresher and more lifelikeness. The readers can easily distinguish

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the protagonist and the antagonist, but how the writer do it, the answer is the writer creates

different

dialogue

for

the

characters

have

difference

in

ideology

and

characterization.

Furthermore, the dialogues used in the story are close to real life, the readers can read them

smoothly because they are spoken dialogue.

Here are some examples of the dialogue in the story.

First of all, the first dialogue between the two characters is in the sixth paragraph. The

antagonist said:

“

Amontillado! A pipe! In the middle of the carnival.

”

(Edgar, 1)Then he

repeated the word

‘Amontillado’

several times. Surely, it shows that the antagonist is crazy

about wine.

The

second

example

is

in

the

middle

of

the

story,

after

the

antagonist

coughed.

The

protagonist said:

“

Come, we will go back, your health is precious.

”

(Edgar, 4) You can see

that the protagonist is untruthful, he is kind to the antagonist but he really wants to kill him.

The third dialogue

is

about

mason. The antagonist asked the protagonist:

“

Are

you the

masons?

”

The

protagonist

replied:

”

Yes,

yes,

I

am

a

mason.

”

“

You

are

the

masons!

Impossible

”

said the antagonist. (Edgar, 4) This conversation shows the characterization of

the antagonist. He is

got above himself.

He thinks

he is

the mason and

defies the people

who are not as rich as him.

There is the forth dialogue, the protagonist said:

“

Indeed, it is very dam. Once more let

me implore you to return. No? Then I must positively leave you.

”

Answered the antagonist

at

once:

“

The

Amontillado!

”

(Edgar,

5)

Similarly,

you

can

know

the

interest

and

the

characterization of them.

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