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| where Edgar Allan Poe was born |
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| Edgar's parents were actors and died when he was only two years old |
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| never formally adopted Edgar, but took him in after his parents died |
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| where Edgar attended college for a short time |
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| Edgar ran up huge debts, but the Allan's refused to pay for them |
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| Edgar enlisted in the army under this and served for two years |
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| West Point Military Academy |
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| entered after Edgar left the army |
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| Edgar did not like this about WPMA and got himself court martialed and expelled |
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| the Allans refused to pay Edgar's bills any longer |
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| Edgar married her in Baltimore in 1835. She was his 13 year old cousin. |
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| Virginia died of this at age 25 |
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| 40 years old in Baltimore |
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| Poe's death was attributed to alcohol, brain congestion, suicided, tuberculosis, cholera, heart disease, rabies and other agents |
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| Poe is known as (5) things |
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| poet, short story writer, magazine editorm and literary critic |
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| types of short stories that he is known for |
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| inventor of the detective fiction style of writer |
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| Poe is also considered one of the earliest American |
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| writers of the short story |
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| Poe is credited with contributing to this emerging style |
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| what Poe was mostly recognized as during his lifetime |
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| Writing alone as a career |
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| Poe was the first American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone. This resulted in a financially difficult life for him. |
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| influenced literature in the US and around the world |
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| "The Raven", "Annabell Lee", and "The Bells" |
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| "The Fall of the House of Usher", The Pit and the Pendulum", The Murders in the Rue Morge", and "The Bells" |
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| "The Cask of Amontillado" |
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| one of Poe's masterpieces because of the skill with which he handles the elements of horror and irony to create a single effect |
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| Montresor's bizarre act of revenge |
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| the act of an insane person |
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| used to create a single effect in Poe's stories |
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| theme of The Cask of Amontillado |
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| Point of view of The Cask of Amontillado |
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| first person. It tells the reader his story of revenge in a matter-of-fact way 50 years later. (past tense) |
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| intensifies the moral shock and horror because the reader sees into the mind of the murderer |
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| achieved by Poe's using first person narrative |
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| Montresor's intended victim |
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| The reader can see Montresor's |
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| obsessive hatred, paranoia, and plotting |
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| would distance the reader from Montresor and diminsh the shock and horror |
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| is not what Poe intended the reader to feel for Montresor instead he wants the reader to judge Montresor's mind |
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| what Montresor tries to convince the reader that his intentions are |
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| Montresor is because he holds grudges and exaggerates terribly. (thousand injuries) |
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| that Fortunato has insulted him |
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| because of the insult and he holds a grudge |
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| Paranoid and insane and has a tendency to exaggerate |
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| palace-like home with catacombs beneath it |
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| burial vaults beneath a palazzo |
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| Montresor is because he still pretends that he is a friend of Fortunato |
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| doesn't realize that Montresor is still angry with him because of the insult |
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| vast knowledge of wine - Fortunato |
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| very prideful with his knowledge of wine |
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| Fortunato was dressed as one due to carnival celebration |
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| Fortunato had been drinking at the Carnival |
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| like Mardi Gras period before Lent |
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| lighthearted activities to the damp, dark catacombs |
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| Catacombs beneath Montresos's palazzo |
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| contains bones from Montrsor's ancestors |
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| white or gray salt deposit encrusted the catacombs |
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| is filled with bones and large casks of wine |
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| to lure Fortunato to his palazzo by playing on Fortunato's ego/pride |
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| Montressor's pipe of Amontillado |
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| is excuse that Montresor uses to lure Fortunato to taste it. |
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| acting as if he can get the help of another wine taster if Fortunato is too busy |
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| used to disguise himself at the carnival |
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| were gone from the palazzo |
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| Montresor does this to Fortunato |
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| Fortunato is boxed in by Montresor |
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