In "The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe, the personality of Montresor is explicitly demonstarted to the audience through numerous literary techniques employed by Poe throughout the story. ... The entire story acts in many ways, as an in depth look into the mental state of a man and as such, Poe's literary methods effectively reveal Montresor's character in great detail....
Arising from these new techniques came the Romantic approach to the development of Gothic novels, and short stories. ... From the characters representing different aspects of the mind to the house symbolizing the mind as a whole, Poe successfully maps the workings of a mind falling into madness through the use of traditional literary techniques. ...
The Dark Side of Poe Edgar Allen Poe was known as a Dark Romantic because of his style of writing. A Dark Romantic was known for valuing intuition over logic and reason and thought that human events had certain signs and symbols behind them. Poe used the literary technique of symbolism very well...
Every author has a personal style of writing, which is generally carried out in every literary piece composed by that author. ... In "The Fall of the House of Usher- Edgar Allan Poe uses many different literary devices to convey his single effect of dullness and gloom. ... Virtually all of Edgar Allen Poe's stories concerned themes of human perversity and involve the technique of ratiocination. ...
"The Cask of Amontillado •is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most masterful tales of horror. Poe writes about how past wounds and human pride lead Montressor to acts of violence •even pre-meditated murder. Poe relates to the audience how Montressor's social status was changed by Fortunato, and the v...
