Cask Of Amontillado

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The setting in any story is one of the most important elements. The setting is simply when and where the story takes. In the story “A Cask of Amontillado,” Poe uses setting to illustrate the narrator, Montresor intentions to retaliate on a former friend, Fortunato. The time of this story really is not stated, but the story was published during the 1800s. Although Poe states in his final lines of the short story, “For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them” (113). The time is set at dusk right before dark, during carnival season. The author starts out “It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season” (108). Carnival season, or Mardi Gras, is typically celebrated during the month of February. According