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What is a Cask? Casks are barrels for storing wine or other drinks, and they come in many sizes.
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What is Amontillado? ə - ˌ män-t ə - ˈ lä dō Sherry or a type of wine Why would a story be named after an alcoholic beverage?
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Parts of the Story… SETTING: Mid 1800’s in Italy during Carnival season. PROTAGONIST: Montessor (French: My treasure) ANTAGONIST: Fortunato (good fortune, luck) POINT OF VIEW: 1 st person, Montessor is the narrator
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Carnival A religious event during the week before Lent in Roman Catholic countries to bid farewell to meat- eating. Carn + Val = FLESH (Meat) + FAREWELL Participants engage in extreme dancing, parting, alcohol, eating, and masquerading.
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“The Cask of Amontillado” is set during the “ supreme madness ” of Carnival. In such a riotous atmosphere, it is easy to see how a crime could go unnoticed.
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Life of the Rich Palazzos (mansions) The wealthy could opt for family catacombs beneath their estates.
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Literary Terms to remember… Protagonist Antagonist Mood Theme Foreshadow Symbol Imagery
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Irony A contradiction between appearance and reality, between expectation and outcome, or between meaning and intention. Three different kinds of irony: Verbal Situational Dramatic
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Verbal Irony Occurs when someone says something that deliberately contradicts what that person actually means. Ex: Negative connotations- Sarcasm. “Go ahead and keep sleeping during class, why don’t you?” could be said to a sleepy student even though the teacher clearly doesn’t want the student to keep sleeping.
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Situational Irony Occurs when something happens that contradicts our expectation. A man jumps over a giant waterfall like Niagara Falls in a barrel and survives, only to take a clean-up shower where he slips on the soap and dies from trauma.Niagara Falls
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Dramatic Irony Occurs when the reader or audience is aware of a contradiction that a character(s) does not know.
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Catacombs Underground tunnels or rooms dug out to use a cemeteries or tombs. Sometimes used for religious worship.
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And now, a trip through the catacombs in Paris.
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virtuoso Noun a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
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accosted Verb Greeted in an aggressive way.
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fettered Noun a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
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connoisseur Noun a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art.
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precluded Verb to prevent or to make impossible
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retribution Noun To pay back, a punishment for a misdeed.
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afflicted Verb Suffering or sickened
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explicit Adjective Clearly stated
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recoiling Verb Staggering back
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termination Noun To end
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subsided Verb To settle down, to become less active
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Why might Fortunato’s name be IRONIC? He is not fortunate in his interactions with Montresor, which lead to his death. This is the opposite of what we might expect for someone whose name implies good luck or fortune.
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Give examples of IRONY in the story, including SITUATIONAL, DRAMATIC, and VERBAL IRONY. Situational: Fortunato expects Amontillado and instead receives death Dramatic: Fortunato doesn’t know he’ll be killed; but reader does, and thus gets the trowel joke (p. 171) and the cough joke (p. 170) Verbal: the compliments M pays to F; p. 171 M “implores” F to return.
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