1. Reflect on the following questions: 1.What was something you have accomplished that was hard? 2.What was the last book you read that you enjoyed? 3.What have you read by previously by Edgar Allen Poe? What do you know about him? 4.What do you know about Venice, Italy? 5.What is the setting of a story? How can it impact the story? MS. SHERIDAN

2. PrecludedImpunity Unredressedretribution WARM UP

3. Edgar Allen Poe

4. VENICE, ITALY

6. CATACOMBS

8. CARNIVALE

9. TimePlace SETTING

10. Read the first paragraph of the story. Why does the narrator say he/she wants to exact revenge? How does the narrator define a “perfect murder”? What are the two criteria? DECODE THE PUZZLE

11. How does Montresor lure Fortunato into the catacombs? What does Montresor admit is his motive for this crime? According to Montresor, what kind of person is Fortunato? What evidence suggests that Montresor committed the perfect crime? READ CHECK QUESTIONS