The Cask of Amontillado

1. The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe

2. Revenge! • Freewrite for five minutes addressing the following: • Think about a time when you were wronged or treated unfairly. Write a brief summary of the event in your notebook. • In the heat of the moment, did you feel like getting even? If so, how would you have gotten even? • How did you eventually react? Why did you react this way?

3. The Cask of Amontilladoby Edgar Allan Poe

4. The Cask of Amontillado • This story takes place during carnival, a time of festivities, just before Lent, a time of fasting.

5. The Cask of Amontillado • During carnival, people would dress up in costumes and celebrate.

6. The Cask of Amontillado • Some wore motley, the costume of a court jester or a clown.

7. The Cask of Amontillado • Many people would wore highly decorated masks.

8. The Cask of Amontillado • Many people would wore highly decorated masks.

9. The Cask of Amontillado • Mardi Gras, in New Orleans, originated from this European celebration.

10. The Cask of Amontillado • A Cask is a wooden barrel containing alcoholic drink. • In the story, it is also referred to as a “Pipe”

11. The Cask of Amontillado • A Catacomb is an underground cemetary consisting of passages or tunnels with rooms and recesses used as burial chambers leading off them.

12. Catacombs were also referred to as “vaults” • Many people would use the catacombs to store other items, like wine

15. The Cask of Amontillado • A Coat of Arms is a design that represents one’s ancestry and family heritage, or a country’s heritage. • This is the coat of arms of Spain.

16. The Cask of Amontillado • This is the coat of arms of the united states. • Do you know where you see this coat of arms everyday?

17. The Cask of Amontillado • This is the Great Seal of the united states as shown on a dollar bill • Notice the coat of arms in the center

18. The Cask of Amontillado Mason • A Mason can mean someone who works with stone or brick, especially in the building trades • A Mason can mean a member of a worldwide society, the Free and Accepted Masons, that is known particularly for its charitable work and its secret rites

19. The Cask of Amontillado • A Mason can mean someone who works with stone or brick, especially in the building trades

20. The Cask of Amontillado • A trowel used by a mason

21. The Cask of Amontillado • A Mason can mean a member of a worldwide society, the Free and Accepted Masons, that is known particularly for its charitable work and its secret rites