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“The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allen Poe

What is Amontillado? Sherry or a type of wine Why would a story be named after an alcoholic beverage?

The Setting: Catacombs Catacombs are underground tunnels or rooms dug out as tombs or sometimes used for religious worship. From www.m-w.com: 1: a subterranean cemetery of galleries with recesses for tombs —usually used in plural 2: something resembling a catacomb: as : an underground passageway or group of passageways

Who are masons? From www.m-w.com: Definition of 1: a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (as stone or brick)

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