![]() ![]() Montresor the revenger meets his victim, the ironically named Fortunate, who is drunk and dressed in a clown’s outfit with bells that jangle from the top of his cap. The time of the story is evening, the place Italy during a carnival. The plot of the story is made up of mutually dependent parts that spring inevitably out of Montresor’s craving for revenge. He wastes no time on introductory Preambles the first paragraph establishes the situation, and the reader calls to mind Poe’s dictum that not one word in a tale should be wasted. The revenge theme is common place enough, but it is how Poe treats the theme that makes this story interesting. Poe’s philosophy of the short story deeply influenced his practices as a writer and the critical examination of The Cask of Amontillado (1846) will reveal how he embodied his principles of unity in his own art. The Cask of Amontillado Analysis The Cask of Amontillado Plot His dress or costume a comic sense which is ironic at last. Wine leads him to the grim world of death. He remains totally unaware of his friend’s revenge-motive. Of course he is fortunate ironically to meet his death. Fortunato : The name indicates “fortunate”. His name in introduced to lure Fortunato to his tomb. He never appears in the plot, but his interest remains embedded in the story. Luchesi : He is familiar both to Montresor and Fortunato and a wine expert. The unique burial is itself a sort of dramatic irony.Ģ. He “vowed revenge.” He deliciously relishes the fortune of Fortunants. Determined in avenging his strange motive, he has a Machiavellian psyche, though he has endured “the thousand injures of Fortunates”. He is a skilled utilizer of the twilight dusk. His predecessors can be detected in the Jacobean Revenge Tragedies of England. Dead Cert: “A young jockey investigates on strange deadly accidents that involve his race horse.A subtle manger of macabre setting and situations, Montresor is a ruthless, quick-witted, planner with careful manipulating power of revenge-taking. Ed: “This movie is about the relationship between a baseball pitcher and a chimpanzee.” (13 words)ġ0. ![]() Cash (1933): “A businessman on the brink of bankruptcy struggles to keep his company afloat.” (13 words)ĩ. That Darn Cat: “A cat has a watch around its neck, leading to a kidnapping investigation.” (13 words)Ĩ. Alibi: “Police hunt for the killer of a nightclub hostess in pre-war Paris.” (12 words)ħ. Les Misérables (1982): “This film is one of the most faithful adaptions of the book.” (12 words)Ħ. Unto the Third Generation: “A Jewish women faces a dilemma over an interfaith marriage.” (10 words)ĥ. Abhimanyu: “The film tells the story of the Pandava prince Abhimanya.” (10 words)Ĥ. Hamlet (1996): “The film follows the plot of the original play.” (nine words)ģ. Hysteria: “An amnesiac tries to solve a murder.” (seven words)Ģ. ![]() To be clear, not all movie pages have a plot description-some movie pages are just stubs and aren’t included here:ġ. What’s the shortest summary on Wikipedia? Below is that list. An editor on the discussion page for Kathryn Bigelow’s K-19: The Widowmaker states that it is “well worthwhile to add another couple paragraphs” based on fact that the “elaborate production is described in considerable detail on the DVD.” But some of these titles may be due for a trim: The Good Girl and Band of the Hand have been tagged by Wikipedia editors (“This article’s plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed”) it’s only a matter of time before someone cuts them down to size. Many of these articles appear to have been stuffed with detail by superfans. If we consider only films that enjoyed a theatrical release in the United States, the top 10 list looks like this: ![]()
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