TWISTEnglishAssignment

oneEdgarAllanPoeconveysadark,violentattitudethroughouttheshortstoryThe

CaskofAmontillado.Charactershehascreatedseemaggressiveandironic,asoneofthe
charactersintheshortstoryisnamedFortunato,orfortunateoneeventhoughheendsup
havinglotsofmisfortune.PoecomposesandexpressesadarkandviolenttoneinTheCaskof
Amontillado.

TEXTUALEVIDENCE:Dark/ViolenttoneAsuccessionofloudscreams,bursting
suddenlyfromthethroatofthechainedform,seemedtothrustmebackviolently,(Poe11).
TEXTUALEVIDENCE:DarkAtthemostremoteendofthecryptthereappeared
anotherlessspacious.Itswallshadbeenlinedwithhumanremains,piledtothevault
overhead(Poe10).
TEXTUALEVIDENCE:ViolentIlaidthesecondtier,andthethird,andthefourth
andthenIheardthefuriousvibrationsofthechain.Thenoiselastedforseveralminutes,during
whichImighthearkentoitwiththemoresatisfaction.

ordchoiceEdgarAllanPoehadadifferentwayofspeakingthanmostofthepeople

ofourtime.Therearemanywordsandphrasesinpiecesofliteraturethathewrotethatwewould
notusetoday.Wordssuchasimpunity,immolation,andconnoisseurship.Thesewordsmaybe
usedoccasionally,butnotoften.Thecharactersinhisstoriesalsospeakdifferently.Whither,
makemerry,flambeaux,andrheumaremoreexamples.

TEXTUALEVIDENCE:whitherCome,letusgo.Whither?Toyourvaults.(Poe
8).
TEXTUALEVIDENCE:rheumHeturnedtowardsme,andlookedintomyeyeswith
twofilmyorbsthatdistilledtherheumofintoxication.(Poe8)

mageryEdgarAllanPoewasverygoodatusingimagerytoenhancethequalityofhis

writing.Heusedallofthesensestodescribethings.Whenhedescribedthenarratorsfriend,
Fortunato,heusedagreatamountofdetail.Whentheyareinthevaults,Poedescribesthe
feelingoftheniter.WhileMontresoriswallingupthecrypt,Poedescribesthescreamsof
Fortunato,animmersiveamountofdetailanddedicationgoingintothesesubtlebutsubstantial
sequences.

TEXTUALEVIDENCE:Hehadonatightfittingpartistripeddress,andhiswassurmounted
bytheconicalcapandbells.(Poe7)

tyleEdgarAllanPoewritesinaveryprominentanddistinctivestylethatcanbe

distinguishedeasilywhenreadinghisstoriesandpoems.Hiswritingiseerieandsuspenseful,
keepingreadersattheedgeoftheirseatsinanticipationforwhatistocome.Theeerie
atmospherehecreatesinhiswritingisobviousandfrightening.Poealsousesplentyofironyin
hisstoriesandotherworks.Hewriteswithold,lastcenturywordsthatpresentdayauthors
wouldnteverthinkofusing.Hiswritingstyleis,ifyoucouldcallitthat,ancient.

TEXTUALEVIDENCE:EerieNoanswerstill.Ithrustatorchthroughtheremaining
apertureandletitfallwithin.Therecameforthinreturnonlythejinglingofthebells,(Poe12).
TEXTUALEVIDENCE:Ancientwriting/wordsCome,letusgo.Whither?Toyour
vaults.

hemeEdgarAllanPoebringstomindtopicsandideasthatcanbeconnectedtoour

everydaylives,onebeinguncertainty.Montresoristoldtobeinconflictwithhimselfashewalls
Fortunatointoaniche,andeveninthemiddleoftheshortstorytheprotagonistfeelsunsureifhe
wantstokillFortunato.Hecontinuouslyasksiftheyshouldgoback,tonotcontinue.Another
themementionedintheshortstoryisviolencehowFortunatodiedfromdeprivationofwater
andfoodwhilebeingchainedagainstawall.Thisviolent,crudeactbyMontresorexpressesthe
themePoeconveyssoclearlyattheend.

TEXTUALEVIDENCE:ForabriefmomentIhesitated,Itrembled,(Poe11).
TEXTUALEVIDENCE:Forthehalfofacenturynomortalhasdisturbedthem.
Inpace
requiescat!
(Poe12).

Vocabulary(WorkingDefinitions)

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Impunityfreedomfromconsequences
Caskacontainershapedlikeabarrelforholdingliquid
Amontilladopale,drysherrywine
Immolationdestruction,demolition
Rampantfurious,angry,raging,violent
Promiscuouslysinglepiecesbroughttogetherinnospecificorder/pattern
Hearkenlisten,payattentionto,focuson
Palazzoimpressivebuilding/housemansions,castles,palaces
Leeraslylook

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