The Cask of Amontillado
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"The Cask of Amontillado" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that follows a chilling tale of calculated revenge and murder set in the catacombs beneath an Italian city.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Gothic fiction work
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horror story → short story → |
| adaptedAs |
film adaptations
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radio drama adaptations → television adaptations → |
| author |
Edgar Allan Poe
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| firstPublicationYear |
1846
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| firstPublishedIn |
Godey’s Lady’s Book
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| genre |
Gothic fiction
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psychological horror → revenge tale → |
| hasCharacter |
Fortunato
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Luchesi → Montresor → |
| hasFamousLine |
“For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them.”
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“In pace requiescat!” → |
| language |
English
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| literaryDevice |
dramatic irony
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foreshadowing → symbolism → unreliable narrator → |
| literaryMovement |
American Romanticism
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Dark Romanticism → |
| mainCharacter |
Fortunato
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Montresor → |
| motif |
carnival
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masquerade and costume → wine and intoxication → |
| narrativePointOfView |
first-person narration
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| narratorCharacter |
Montresor
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| originalMedium |
magazine publication
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| partOf |
Edgar Allan Poe’s collected tales
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| plotSummary |
Montresor lures Fortunato into the catacombs with the promise of tasting rare Amontillado and walls him up alive as revenge.
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| settingLocation |
an unnamed Italian city
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catacombs beneath a palazzo → |
| studiedIn |
American literature courses
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| symbol |
Amontillado cask
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Montresor family coat of arms → trowel → |
| theme |
burial alive
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class and social status → deception → madness → pride → revenge → |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
eighteenth or early nineteenth century
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| tone |
ironic
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macabre → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe → |
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