Prayer of forgiveness for ill feelings

and resentments

• Lord Jesus, I confess that I have held ill feelings and

resentments against people. I call upon you and ask you

to help me to forgive people, groups, institutions,

churches, governments, and myself. I ask you Father, in

the name of Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to

drop in my mind and bring to my remembrance the name

of anyone or anything, whose actions or words real or

imagined hurt me, or another person for which I hold or

have held ill feelings, resentments, hate, envy, malice,

vengeance, un-forgiveness, bitterness or grudges

against. Father, as you forgave me when I did not

deserve to be forgiven, so

likewise, I forgive others, whether they deserve it or not;

in your Holy Name, I pray - Amen

“The Cask of Amontillado”

By Edgar Allan Poe

Big Question

• Is revenge

ever justified?

Literary Elements

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Mood

– Suspense and horror

• Story Includes:

– Sensory details used to convey setting

– Repetition of words and rhythm of the language

– Words describing thoughts, feelings, and actions

The Title

• A pipe or cask is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves and bound with iron hoops

• Known today as kegs and typically made out of aluminum

Title

• Amontillado: a

dry sherry (a

type of wine)

that originated

in Spain

Carnival

•The Carnival Season is

a holiday period during

the two weeks before the

traditional Christian

fasting of Lent.

•The celebration of

Carnival ends on “Mardi

Gras" (French for "Fat

Tuesday“)

Motley

Catacombs

•Centuries ago Christians in Italy buried their dead in catacombs—long,

winding underground tunnels.

•Later wealthy families built private catacombs beneath their homes.

•Dark and cool, these chambers were suitable not only for burial but also for the

storage of fine wines, such as amontillado.

Coat of Arms

This is a biblical

allusion to Genesis

3:15: “He will crush

your head and you will

strike his heel,” wherein

the "he" refers to

Christ, and the "you"

refers to the serpent,

which is a symbol for

Satan.

Mason- the double meaning

Revenge

The other man in the wall…

• On July 12, 1845, a letter appeared in a New York newspaper. The letter writer was describing his recent travels in Italy. He said that he had an amazing experience in the little town of San Giovanni when he visited the church of San Lorenzo. He was shown a niche covered with a sort of trapdoor in the wall of the church. Inside the niche was an upright human skeleton. The writer examined the skeleton and concluded that the victim had been walled in alive and suffocated. The writer supposed that the motive had been revenge. He guessed that the man had been tied securely and then walled in, brick by brick. The writer also guessed that the men involved were nobles (like Fortunato and Montresor)—no one else, he figured, could have gotten control of a church to perform the gruesome deed.