Write a summary describing the short story, “ The Cask of Amontillado, ” by Edgar Allen Poe.

1. Do NowUsing separate notebook paper, respond to the following prompt and be prepared to share: • Write a summary describing the short story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allen Poe. • Be sure to use 3rd person passive voice; that is, make sure anyone who reads your summary will really understand the main idea and theme of the story as Edgar Allen Poe meant.

2. Edgar Allen Poe His Life and Works and “The Cask of Amontillado” Eng 9 Hon – Survey of Literature Mrs. Willoughby-Hull Friday, October 31, 2014

3. CCSS FOR ELA 9-10 • 9.4.1.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text • 9.4.2.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. • 9.4.3.3: Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

4. ENG 9 - OBJECTIVE • SWBAT collaboratively create a Prezi or PPT of the story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allen Poe, which will describe and explain the 6 elements of a short story, as well as the theme using textual evidence (i.e. quotes, etc. to support it.

5. QUESTIONS/CLARIFICATIONSVideo Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIp4m_v9xGs

6. The Tormented Life of Edgar Allan Poe “The Short Life” 1809-1849 The Nightmarish Mind of Edgar Allan Poe

7. Background • Born 1809-1849 • His mother died during his youth and his father abandoned them • After the death of his grandmother married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia in 1835 • Virginia died in 1847 • Died in 1849

8. Education of Poe • Entered and dropped from both the University of Virginia and West Point • Ran into debt and started borrowing money, gambling and getting deeper into debt

9. Writing Style of Poe • Wrote in a Gothic Style • Deep and intense • Explorations of а world of dream and of nightmare • In his stories the past is darker and mоrе ominous and oppresses his heroes and heroines

10. Poe’s Characters • Many of his characters аrе filled with madness • Obsessed with the irrational side of the mind

11. Famous Works • Short Stories • Poems • The Pit and the Pendulum • The Fall of the House of Usher • Tell-Tale Heart • The Cask of the Amontillado • The Masque of the Red Death • The Raven • Lenore

12. QUESTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS

13. The Cask of Amontillado

14. Background • The Cask of Amontillado • Published 1846 • One theory for the inspiration for story was a feud Poe had with 2 other poets • The story was somewhat controversial for focusing his story on a crime with no apparent motive, and a murderer with no apparent remorse

15. The Cask of Amontillado • Overview • The story is narrated by Montresor, who carries a grudge against Fortunato for an offense that is never explained • Montresor leads a drunken Fortunato through a series of chambers beneath his palazzo

16. The Cask of Amontillado • Overview • Although Fortunato has a horrible cough the promise of a taste of Amontillado spurs him deeper and deeper into the underground • When the two men reach the last underground chamber, Montresor chains Fortunato to the wall, builds a new wall to seal him in, and leaves him to die

17. Literary Focus • Themes and Conflicts • Revenge • Madness • Deception • Remorse vs. Lack of Remorse • Pride • Friendship • Power and Respect • Social Classes and Social Significance within Society

18. Literary Focus • Symbols • Montresor’s Coat of Arms and motto, Nemo me impune lacessit • Irony • The Usage of a Trowel • A foot in a blue background crushing a snake whose fangs are embedded in the foot's heel • “No one attacks me with impunity” • Both the coat of arms and motto are representative of Montresor’s lust for revenge • He will crush Fortunado for the “injuries” he has given • Fortunado belongs to a secret society called the Freemasons • Montresor says he is also a mason, but then produces a trowel used for regular masonry work • Fortunado thinks this action is trivial, but the trowel ends up playing an integral part in his demise .

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20. Literary Focus • Point of View • Told in the first person by Montresor • By presenting the story in the first person, Poe puts the reader at the mercy of an unreliable narrator, a mad man, who decides what to tell and what to leave out.

21. Fortunato • Montresor's sworn enemy, • Fortunato displays no uneasiness in Montresor's company, and is unaware that his friend is plotting against him. • Fortunato is a proud connoisseur of fine wine • He is urged on by the chance of sampling some rare Amontillado

22. Luchesi • Acquaintance of Montresor's and Fortunato's • A rival wine expert of Fortunado’s • Montresor keeps Fortunato on the trail of the Amontillado by threatening to allow Luchesi to sample it first

23. Montresor • Holds a grudge against his friend Fortunato, who has committed several unnamed offenses against him • Wealthy and lives in a palazzo • Has planned murder of Fortunado • Telling the story fifty years after it has taken place he reveals no regret for his actions

24. Montresor • Collaborative/Group PPT: 5-6 per group • 8-10 Slides total with 2-3 sentences in explanation of/and using the text as support • Group Introduction Slide • Exposition Slide • Rising Action Slide • Conflict Slide • Climax Slide • Falling Action Slide • Resolution Slide • Theme Slide

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