How Does Poe Create Suspense In The Cask Of Amontillado

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Tell Tale Heart and the Cask of Amontillado written by Edgar Allan Poe’s purpose is to entertain the reader through a terrorizing and dark short stories. The Cask of Amontillado is about a man name Fortunato who insulted a family and so a man of the family buries him alive by tricking him . In Tell Tale Heart it is about a man who see and old man with a blind eye and it disturbs him very much. He kill the old man and thinks he can get away with it and later the police show up and he hears the pounding of the old man's heart and sees the police officers smiling and in the end he gives away that he killed a man. Poe uses his archaic style through Irony suspense and allusion to captivate the audience. In both short stories Tell Tale Heart and the Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe uses foreshadowing to intrigue the readers. He wrote “I forgot your coat of arms” “It is a huge human foot in a field azure, the foot crushes the serpent rampant whose fangs are embedded in the heel” “And the motto?” “Nemo me impune lacessit” This quote translates to no one provokes me with impunity which shows foreshadowing …show more content…
He writes in the Cask of amontillado “It was now midnight, and my task was drawing to a close. I had completed the eighth, the ninth, and the tenth tier. I had finished a portion of the last and the eleventh; there remained but a single stone to be fitted and plastered in. I struggled with its weight; I placed it partially in its destined position. But now there came from out the niche a low laugh that erected the hairs upon my head” and here he shows suspense as the reader doesn't know what will happen next. In Tell Tale Heart he wrote “ I knew that sound well too. It was the beating of the old man’s heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage” here he make the sound of the old man's heart and it makes suspense and adds it to the story draws in the

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