1. Master of mystery, horror, and thrills
Edgar Allan Poe ( )
Master of mystery, horror, and thrills

2. Poe’s life and times 1809 – Poe’s birth year During his lifetime
Only 10 novels were written per year
There were no great American poets
There were few great American authors
During his lifetime
Presidents James Monroe, Andrew Jackson The fight against slavery began
The U.S. and Mexico went to war
Early attempts at prohibition
James Monroe
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Andrew Jackson
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3. Tragic Life 1810 - Father abandoned family 1811 - Mother died Adopted
Adoptive mother dies
Fails at West Point
July Marries Virginia Clemm (cousin)
Virginia dies of tuberculosis
1849 Poe dies

4. The Cask of Amontillado

5. Literary Terms Pun Unreliable narrator Mood Tone Foreshadowing Symbol
A play on words
Unreliable narrator
A narrator that readers may doubt to be trustworthy
Mood
Emotional feeling of the atmosphere (created by imagery)
Tone
Emotional quality of a character or narrator’s voice
Foreshadowing
Hints or clues that suggest future action
Symbol
An object that represents a concept or idea beyond iteslf

6. Types of Irony Review

7. Dramatic Irony
Reader knows something that at least one character does not

8. Situational Irony
Physical occurrence or situation that contradicts the reader’s or character’s expectations

9. Verbal Irony
Dialogue that suggests a contradiction to the literal meaning (ex: sarcasm)

10. The Cask of Amontillado
What is Amontillado?
Famous wine from the Montilla region of Spain
Carnival (car-knee-VAL)
Festivities before Lent, usually in February or March
People often dress up or masquerade

11. What is a coat of arms?
Symbolic representation of a group of people, family, or person.

12. In the Catacombs Catacomb – an underground cemetery
Sacred, usually underneath a church or chapel
Ancient tradition dating back to the 4th century
Niter – potassium nitrate, a crystallized chemical often found in damp environments

13. Let’s analyze the first two paragraphs together
Annotations
Let’s analyze the first two paragraphs together

14. The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled - but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.
It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile nowwas at the thought of his immolation.