1. The Cask of Amontillado
Literary Elements

2. Irony (review)
Verbal Irony – a character says one thing but means another
Ex: Fortunato : “I shall not die of a cough”
…Fortunato: “I drink to the buried that repose around us.” Montresor: “And I to your long life.”
Dramatic Irony: When audience knows what will happen before a character knows. Ex: Fortunato does not know that he will soon die.

3. Mood (review) The feeling/atmosphere created for the readers
What is the mood of “The Cask of Amontillado?”
Consider descriptive passages:
“Its walls had been lined with human remains, piled to the vault overhead , in the fashion of the great catacombs of Paris” (212).

4. Imagery (review)
Description that appeals to the senses – sight, smell, taste, sound, touch
“We had passed through walls of piled bones…into the inmost recesses of the catacombs…The drops of moisture trickle among the bones” (211).