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.

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

CCSS FOR ELA 9-109.4.1.1: 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.

ENG 9 - OBJECTIVESWBAT 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.

QUESTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS

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The Tormented Life of Edgar Allan Poe

“The Short Life” 1809-1849

BackgroundBorn 1809-1849His 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 1847Died in 1849

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

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

Poe’s Characters Many of his characters аrе filled with madness

Obsessed with the irrational side of the mind

Famous Works Short Stories

Poems

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Fall of the House of Usher

Tell-Tale HeartThe Cask of the

AmontilladoThe Masque of the Red

Death

The RavenLenore

QUESTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS

The Cask of Amontillado

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

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

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

Literary FocusThemes and Conflicts

RevengeMadnessDeceptionRemorse vs. Lack of

RemorsePrideFriendshipPower and RespectSocial Classes and Social

Significance within Society

Literary FocusSymbolsMontresor’s Coat of

Arms and motto, Nemo me impune lacessit

IronyThe 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 .

QUESTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS

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.

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

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

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

MontresorCollaborative/Group PPT: 5-6

per group8-10 Slides total with 2-3

sentences in explanation of/and using the text as supportGroup Introduction SlideExposition SlideRising Action SlideConflict SlideClimax SlideFalling Action SlideResolution SlideTheme Slide

QUESTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS