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“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe

“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. 1. Has anyone ever done anything to you that made you want to get revenge on them? What did they do?.

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“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe

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  1. “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe

  2. 1. Has anyone ever done anything to you that made you want to get revenge on them? What did they do?

  3. 2. Have you ever gotten revenge on someone for something they did to you? What did you do to them in return? Why did you feel a need to get revenge?

  4. 3. Explain how the revenge made you feel. Did you get caught? If you had gotten caught, would that have changed the feeling the revenge gave you? Explain.

  5. catacombs • Usually, catacombs. an underground cemetery, especially one consisting of tunnels and rooms with recesses dug out for coffins and tombs. • an underground passageway, especially one full of twists and turns.

  6. virtuoso • a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.

  7. impunity • exemption from punishment. • immunity from detrimental effects, as of an action.

  8. fettered • A fetter is a chain or shackle placed on the feet. • Usually used in the plural - “fetters” can refer to anything that confines or restrains. • Thus, “fettered” means confined or restrained, literally by a chain or shackle placed on the feet, or figuratively by something like boredom or poverty.

  9. connoisseur • a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art. • a discerning judge of the best in any field: a connoisseur of horses.

  10. gait • a manner of walking, stepping, or running.

  11. precluded • to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.

  12. retribution • retaliation, repayment, recompense.

  13. afflicted • to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis. • vex, harass, torment, plague.

  14. explicit • fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal: explicit instructions; an explicit act of violence; explicit language. • precise, exact, unambiguous

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