LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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There were no attendants at home;
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they had absconded to make merry to honour the time.
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I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house
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These orders were sufficient, I well knew, to insure their immediate disappearance, one and all, as soon as my back was turned
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which excerpt from the story best illustrates the sarcastic tone of the narrator? “Come, ” I said, with decision, "we will go back; your health is precious.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the story, Poe represents two different aspects of himself, one side of him is Montresor which represents evil and the other side which represents the victim, Fortunato. “Poe’s psychology is clearly known within both the narrator of the story as well as the victim in the story.
Detailed explanation-3: -First Person (Central Narrator) Montresor is our vile narrator. He is dedicated to his own point of view, which is cold, merciless, brutal, conniving, and vengeful.
Detailed explanation-4: -To build suspense in the story, Poe often employs foreshadowing. For example, when Fortunato says, “I shall not die of a cough, ” Montresor replies, “True, ” because he knows that Fortunato will in fact die from dehydration and starvation in the crypt.