While Edgar Allan Poe is certainly known for his use of dark satire, symbolism, and crafty use of many other literary elements, it is in The Cask of Amontillado that the utilization of dramatic irony stands out the most. ... This is an example of dramatic irony. ... Montressor incorporates many uses of verbal irony during his conversations with Fortunado. ... As Montressor is completing the final touches of Fortunado's stone tomb, in the last passage of the story it is mentioned his "heart grew sick"" (85-90). ... Poe reveals situational, dramatic, & verbal irony as Montresor unleashes hi...

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(4282 words) I have chosen to research and write my Extended Essay on Edgar Allan Poe and his portrayal of perversion, which is present in every human's heart. ... The truth found in his writings is just too awe-inspiring when it comes to the rendering of those darker motives that drive us on. For the purpose of this Essay I shall analyze four of Poe's short stories; "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," The Masque of The Red Death," and "The Tell-tale Heart." ... In many of Poe's works, setting is used to render a dark and gloomy picture in the reader's ...

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Young Goodman Brown departs his wife and heads into the forest, in the dark of night, knowing that he is about to go forth "on his present evil purpose" (pg. 21). ... Young Goodman Brown venturing into the forest in the dark of night could be an allegory for the view of the Puritans of this time period; the fear of the unknown, people were scared to leave their homes, the pressure placed on their public morality by the Puritans often weakened their religious views, the forest was often naively associated with Indians, the puritans had a view that no one should venture into the forest...

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