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A 6 page paper which examines the literary device of irony used in Edgar Allen Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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most part that give the reader a sense of danger, fear, and perhaps above all, a sense of irony. There can be little doubt, when speaking of Edgar Allan Poe
and his works, that his use of irony was quite 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). With
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