homework of cask Amontillado Assignment | cask Amontillado
Homework responses (to be posted on the Discussion Board)
Pre-write: The central theme of “Cask” deals with the human impulse to get revenge. Drawing from your own life experiences please articulate your perspective on revenge. For example, Is it ever appropriate to act out on this impulse? If so, when and to what degree? What would happen if we constantly suppress this impulse “turned the other cheek” so to speak?”
1. Define “macabre”
Define “irony” in literature
2. What is the one specific piece of info in this story does Poe curiously omit? Why does he do this?
3. In the first paragraph, Poe offers two criteria for getting revenge. Cite the quotes and explicate.
***Using textual warrants (relevant direct quotes) discusses how Poe uses setting, specific images, and irony to create a sense of the macabre in “Cask of Amontillado.”
*Check out Vincent Price reading “Cask of Amontillado” at
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