Edgar Allan Poe s The Cask Of Amontillado - 1232 Words

Poe’s Irony To develop the analytical paper about the text â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† by Edgar Allan Poe, some sources will be used to support the thesis statement, which is â€Å"The author uses irony in the text to illustrate the murder of Fortunado by Montresor, who seeks salvation through death†. Also, there is going to be an analysis on the irony found in the text in relation with the story. To support this thesis, I am going to use some examples from some sources such as â€Å"Literary analysis: Irony in The Cask of Amontillado by Amelia Tibbett, â€Å"Irony in The Cask of Amontillado† by Kerry Michael Wood, and â€Å"Poe s Short Stories Summary and Analysis† by Bella Wang , and the text will be written in the third person. Although most of readers†¦show more content†¦The story â€Å"The cask of Amontillado† by Edgar Allan Poe already starts with irony in the first sentence; â€Å"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge†. By using irony the author allows readers to have different interpretations of his story; for example Poe’s antagonist characters has the name of Fortunado. He is the one that is murdered in the end, thus demonstrating that he is not as fortunate as his name seems to indicate. Bella Wang and Amelia Tibbett exemplify this by saying, in her analysis of Poe’s story; â€Å"Poe gives the victim the name of Fortunato, which may mean fortunate in Italian, but adds an extra element of cynical humor to Fortunato s jovial and unsuspecting character.† (Wang) and also â€Å"the word luckily also recalls the meaning of Fortunato s name and is thus entirely unfitting for Fortunato s fate.† (Wang). Moreover, in her analysis of the text, Amelia Tibbett confirms the fact that the reader has a kind of freedom in interoperating the story; Poe cleverly weaves this story so that he has perfect control over the narrative, all the while allowing the reader some freedom in their own interpretations. (Tibbett). In addition to this, the murder happens on carnival, which is an environment filled with festivity. It is also not a good environment to have a murder take place in. This is illustrated by Kerry Michael Wood; â€Å"the ironies grow more numerous. It is the carnival season -