Poe's The Cask of Amontillado: Themes UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANΑ Curitiba, 8 de outubro de 1996 Curso: Letras - Inglκs / Noturno Disciplina: Literatura Norte Americana I Aluno: Anderson Josι TASK: To write a summary theme of Poe's "The Cask Of Amontillado" One of the main themes of Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado is revenge. In this summary theme I intend to demonstrate how dramatic irony is used all along the short story as a way of reminding us the true intentions of the character who vowed revenge. Firstly I will make a brief summary of the short story: the story is supposed to happen more than a hundred years ago ( it was first published in 1846 ) during Italian Carnival festivities. The main character, a man called Montressor, feels terribly ofended, even insulted by a fr....

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