Essay on the Dark Side of the Mind Exposed in Cask of Amontillado

The Dark Side of the Mind Exposed in Cask of Amontillado A wrong is unredressed when retri howeverion overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to pass himself felt as such to him who has d unity the wrong. With that statement, Montresor begins his tale of revenge deciding that the act must be slow and sweet and that in ordain to fully enjoy it, his adversary must be aware of his intentions. hush-hush within those same few lines, lies not only this horrid plan, but also the true interest of its true author. In his Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allen Poe reveals his independent interest in the dark side of the mankind mind and heart.   a lot of what a story means, much of its effect on the reviewer depends on the eye through which it is seen and on the voice that tells it to us. In Cask of Amontillado, those eyes and voice belong to Montresor. The story is written in second-person perspective. In relaying the events of the day, Montresor refer s to the referee as you several times. This does not only act to pull the reader into the story, but it also provides a valu qualified insight into the mind of the author. By referring to the reader as you a friendship is established between Montresor and the reader. This connection suggests that the reader bear sympathize with the actions of Montresor by relating them to some event in the readers past or imagination. Poe suggests that we, as a body of readers, all unavoidableness to commit acts such as that committed by Montresor and therefore can understand him and his dark actions.   To fully understand the dark side of the human mind and heart, the mind of Montresor has to be examined. The question as to what fiendishly aversion act Fortunato committed that was so seve... ...each step, Montresor pulls Fortunato in a little except by provoking him with threats of getting his archenemy Luchresi to test the wine. Without breaking from his calm shell, Montresor is able to lead Fortunato to his doom never once faltering or stumbling.   In his Cask of Amontillado, Poe dives into a study of the darkness of the human mind and heart. He looks at the worst crime possibly committed by one human to another and ponders over the mind of the criminal. Montresor, calm, cool, and collected, is able to fulfill a plan that he had made long before. Fifty years later, he conveys the story to the world so that the dark side of all race may be matched against that of him. A man that truly lives by the slogan of his family, nemo me impune lacessit no one provokes me with impunity, Montresor becomes a study for Poe and a mirror to all mankind.