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A 5 page paper which examines Poe’s use of
dramatic irony to enhance his short story “The Cask of Amontillado.” No additional
sources cited.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RApoeam.rtf
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extensive in presenting the reader with inescapably powerful and haunting stories. "The Cask of Amontillado" is certainly no exception to this rule as dramatic irony is rampant, though often subtle
as well. In the following paper we examine this story, focusing on Poes use of dramatic irony to further enhance the tale. Irony and The Cask of Amontillado
The first, and perhaps most obvious, use of irony comes to the reader in the name of the victim. The mans name is Fortunato and this incites images of one
who is fortunate. This, however, is not to be the case in this particular story and we almost immediately understand this as the narrator informs us that this fortunate man
will not be so fortunate, a reality we see in the opening paragraph that not only introduces us to the fortunate man but introduces us to the intended vengeance: "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" (Poe NA). With this opening paragraph we already see the irony take
hold, and we are not surprised to see how the narrator continues to behave very kindly towards this fortunate man, smiling in his face while constantly scheming to murder him.
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