PPT-In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” Edgar Allan Poe uses imagery to create

by Altay Shawn Peter and Justin Pg 211 We had passed through walls of piled bones with casks and puncheons intermingling into the inmost recesses of the catacombs Pg 212 We passed through a range of low arches descended passed on and descending again arrived at a deep crypt in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow than flame. Poe whose cloudy personal life is a virtual legend considered himself primarily a poet Business Man 1840 The story describes eight orderly business ventures the author becomes involved in BUSINESS MAN Method is the soul of business OLD SAYING I AM By Edgar Allan Poe . What is a cask of Amontillado?. What does the word cask sound like to you? . (hint-Think death). Amontillado is a very expensive dry, white wine. . Characters. Montresor. Montresor. Early Life. Poe born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was a talented actress from an English theatrical family. Because Poe. ’. s father, David Poe, Jr., a traveling actor of Irish descent, was neither talented nor responsible, the family suffered financially. After apparently separating from David Poe, Elizabeth died in Richmond, Virginia, in 1811. The young Edgar, though not legally adopted, was taken in by a wealthy Scottish tobacco exporter, John Allan, from whom Poe took his middle name.. Next. The Cask of Amontillado. By Edgar Allen Poe. THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely, settled --but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is . poe. All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream. biography. He was Born 19 January 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts . He attended the University of Virginia in 1820 – 1827 and was expelled for not paying back his gambling . poe. All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream. biography. He was Born 19 January 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts . He attended the University of Virginia in 1820 – 1827 and was expelled for not paying back his gambling . Edgar Allen Poe. One the greatest and unhappiest of American poets, a master of the horror tale, and the patron saint of the detective story. Edgar Allan Poe first gained critical acclaim in France and England. . PROOF ONE:. One of the main characters are named . Fortunado. . In the end, this character dies.. PROOF TWO:. Montressor. jokes that he is a mason when . Fortunado. asks for a sign, and . Monstressor. Short Answer Steps & Example. Plot Diagram. Exposition. Rising Action. Inciting Incident. Climax. Falling Action. Denouement / Resolution. Plot Diagram. Characterization. Characterization. is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Characterization is revealed through . To analyze how the use of irony achieves specific effects. Lesson 38. “The Cask of Amontillado”. Story Diagram & Irony. Bell Ringer. In the literary terms section of your journal, define the following terms located on page 105:. Poetic Principle. Reasons to study poetry: . 1. To learn creativity. 2. To make yourself more well-rounded. 3. To better understand yourself through understanding others. . 4. Aesthetics (beauty). 5. History. PROOF ONE:. One of the main characters are named . Fortunado. . In the end, this character dies.. PROOF TWO:. Montressor. jokes that he is a mason when . Fortunado. asks for a sign, and . Monstressor. Poe . the Author. Poe introduced . horror. . and . detective fiction. . This story was his . last. . story; published in . 1846. Poe’s . primary concern was . “unity of effect,” . which means that every element of a story should help create a single emotional impact. The Poe family was abandoned by. David Poe (Edgar’s father) when Edgar was very young.. Both David and Elizabeth Poe, Edgar’s parents were actors.. Soon after, when Edgar was only three, his mother died of tuberculosis (TB), called “Consumption” in those days.