Thursday, September 28, 2017

The Cask of Amontillado


How would you assess Montresor's mental stability? Give examples from the text to support your analysis. You may also make up certain incidents in the past - for instance a few of the thousand injuries or the ultimate insult - that put him over the edge!

Alternatively, you write "the paragraph that Poe left out", about what happens immediately after Montresor leaves the wine cellar.

Pay attention to Poe's style of writing, his vocabulary, syntax and use of Latin. Can you imitate his style?

Trivia question of the week: Which of Edgar Allen Poe's animals keeps repeating, "Nevermore"?