In what ways is “The Cask of Amontillado” a Gothic story?
Explain how the character’s paranoia helps shape the story’s action in “the Cask of Amontillado” By Edgar Allan Poe.
August 5, 2019List three symbols from the story, “The Cask of Amontillado”. What makes you think they are symbols? What do you think they mean?
August 5, 2019In what ways is “The Cask of Amontillado” a Gothic story?
Question Description
1. In what ways is “The Cask of Amontillado” a Gothic story? Give at least two elements of Gothic literature and give an example of each from the story.
2. The narrator in “The Cask of Amontillado” is unreliable and cannot be trusted. How does the unreliable narrator contribute to the element of suspense in the story?
Thoroughly answer 1 and 2 in 2-3 paragraphs presenting examples from the story to enhance your answer.
