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This 3 page paper discusses the way Poe and Poushkin handle the themes of revenge and forgiveness in their stories The Cask of Amontillado and The Shot, respectively. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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revenge and forgiveness themes as explored in the two stories. Discussion The Poe story features one of his unreliable narrators whose motive for his crime is equally insubstantial. The narrator,
Montresor, says only that he had borne the "thousand injuries of Fortunato" as best he could, but when the man began to insult him as well, he vowed revenge (Poe).
The reader is given no idea what these injuries and insults are, or what form the revenge will take, but that is soon revealed. However, not knowing why Montresor has
decided on this gruesome revenge leaves a reader in the peculiar position of not knowing whether to condemn him or if the injury was itself so monstrous that the revenge
is deserved (even if its illegal). The only slight clue is in the Montresor family motto: "Nemo me impune lacessit" which loosely translates as "No one attacks me with impunity,"
which explains that revenge is acceptable to the family; however, the attacks implied by the motto are not revealed. Clearly Montresor is mad, as are many of Poes narrators, but
is his madness enough to excuse his crime? The question is posed but not answered; however, its clear that Montresor gets away with his murder: he piles the bones against
the wall and leaves the chamber, leaving the now-quiet Fortunato to die (Poe). He says "For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!" (Poe).
"Has" is past tense, meaning that Montresor is discussing the crime of 50 years ago; there is no way he will be caught and punished now. Here, he has his
revenge and gets away with it. Poushkin is very different, and more subtle, although Montresor and Silvio are alike in one regard: they both wait a number of years before
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