Horrifying_Elements_In_“The_Cask_Of_Amontillado”

Horrifying Elements In “The Cask Of Amontillado” Edgar Allen Poe’s writings were influenced strongly by his life. His parents died when he was young, and he lived with his godfather John Allen. Around 1815 he was sent to begin his education. While at university he had a gambling problem running up an excessive debt. Mr. Allen pulled him out and wouldn’t let him continue. His life was constantly changing, full of inconsistency. His love life seemed to be the same, having many relationships never being faithful. His life seemed to be full of horror, which he expressed in many of his writings. In his short story “The Cask of Amontillado” a sense of horror was achieved by: sight, environment, and sound. Many elements of horror were expressed in a visual form. In the story the mood was set by the fact that it was nearly night. It was dusk as Montresor approached Fortunato. Montresor enticed Fortunato by telling him he had a cask of amontillado. Being the wine guru that he was, Fortunato had to taste it. They went to Montresor’s house and proceeded into the wine cellar. It was very dark, so they lit a couple of torches. As they went deeper into the catacombs it story, montresor, seemed, fortunato, catacombs, bones, walls, wall, life, horror, horrifying, expressed, deeper, crypt, allen, wine, very, recess, proceeded, low, fortunato’s, came, back, amontillado, writings, work, within, torches, through, three, telling, set, old, nitre, men