Bellringer Answer one of the following questions: Is revenge ever justified? Have you ever thought of enacting revenge on someone for something? Explain the situation.

Cask of Amontillado Mood and Irony

Behind the Story Poe had a real fear of being buried alive After reading Poe’s work, a Russian inventor created a device that allowed “deceased” to ring a bell so that live people above ground would know the buried person was not really dead Think about this as we read “Cask of Amontillado” Poe Biography

Catacombs A network of caves, grottos, or subterranean place that is used for the burial of the dead Etruscans used to bury their dead in underground chambers. Christians revived the practice because they did not want to cremate their dead due to their belief in bodily resurrection. Hence they began to bury their dead, first in simple graves and sometimes in burial vaults. Have you seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?

Catacombs

Catacombs

In the days before electricity… …one would light up dark, damp catacombs with flambeaux. A flambeaux is a flaming torch.

What is a cask? A wooden barrel or container The word comes from the Spanish cáscara which means tree bark, in the sense that the bark surrounds and holds the tree in the way that a cask surrounds and holds wine

Amontillado… a pale, dry sherry named after the Montilla region of Spain where this style of wine originated in the 18th century

Setting: Carnival Season in Italy It is a festival season. Occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February or March. Involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party. People often dress up or masquerade during the celebrations. Carnival History Video

Carnival or Carnevale Carnival is mostly associated with Roman Catholic and, to a lesser extent, Eastern Orthodox Christians. The world's largest carnival celebration is held in Brazil but many countries worldwide have large, popular celebrations.

Carnival Costumes and Masks

Mood Emotion evoked in the reader by a piece of writing Mood can be identified by descriptive details author uses Example-We walked down the hallway (shows no mood) We crept down the long, dark hallway (you can identify the suspenseful mood by the vivid verb crept and the descriptive details long and dark)

Mood Words List (Starter List-Can you think of more??) POSITIVE MOOD WORDS   Playful  Tender  Enlightened  Optimistic Light-Hearted Warm Hopeful Nostalgic Peaceful Welcoming  Harmonious  Vivacious Confident Idyllic Joyous Dignified Ecstatic Empowered        NEGATIVE MOOD WORDS Tense Gloomy Violent Insidious Pessimistic Confining Cold Hopeless Haunting Nightmarish Hostile Suspenseful Foreboding Threatening Desolate Merciless Terrifying Vengeful While reading Poe’ “Cask of Amontillado,” write down words/phrases that create mood

IRONY The result of a contrast between appearance or expectation and reality *Hiding what is actually the case to achieve special, artistic effects

Verbal Irony Words are used to suggest opposite of what is meant Example- Someone says, “Don’t be nervous; it’s only the most important test of your life.”

Dramatic Irony Example-A boy tells his mother he is late because he was at a friend’s house. The audience knows that the mother talked to friend’s mother and knows son was not there. What appears to be true to a character is not what the reader or audience knows to be true

Situational Irony Example-A story has a mouse chasing a cat Expectations are a cat chasing a mouse An event occurs that goes against expectations that have been built up

Explain the irony Turn to a partner and discuss the irony of the following images

Explain the irony (cont’d)

Explain the irony (cont’d)

Explain the irony (cont’d)

Explain the irony (cont’d)

“Cask of Amontillado” Irony Example “’I drink to the buried that repose around us,” says Fortunato. “And I to your long life,” Montresor replies.” Montresor is not really drinking to Fortunato’s long life; he is playing on the fact that he will soon kill Fortunato. What type of irony is this?

Vocabulary Let’s define the following words: precluded circumscribing retribution render virtuoso niche leer aperture repose rampart