The Cask Of Amontillado, By Edgar Allen Poe And Young...

Literature about Evil The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the short stories The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe and Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Specifically it will discuss the phenomenon of evil in the human heart as it appears in these two works. Evil lives in everyone, whether they want to acknowledge it or not. These two chilling tales show two different sides of evil, but they both illustrate how evil can corrupt a person right down to their very heart and soul. The narrator, Montresor, in The Cask of Amontillado is so evil in his heart that he must gain revenge over his adversary at all costs. His family motto is Nemo me impune lacessit [No one assails me with impunity], and he feels his friend Fortunato has somehow insulted this honor, and so he seeks the ultimate revenge. He walls his friend up inside a cellar and leaves him there to die. Clearly, the narrator is insane, and that is a commonality between these two stories. Both the protagonists are insane or mad, for whatever reason. Goodman Brown goes mad in the forest when he believes he has encountered the devil, and the reader never knows what sets Montresor off, except it is some kind of insult. The authors are very skillful in making both these men quite unsympathetic characters, and that heightens the sense of evil surrounding them both. Montresor may seem to be the more evil in nature, but Goodman Brown has his own issues of evil toShow MoreRelatedYoung Goodman Brown And A Cask Of Amontillado Analysis1110 Words   |  5 PagesYoung Goodman Brown and A Cask of Amontillado both incorporate a gothic theme to the simple yet intricate plotline they hold. Within the two short stories, irony scatters, adding to the overall grim theme. Although they use the same 3 types of irony, the authors use them differently and similarly at the same time. In Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne and A Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe, there are many examples of situational irony that are used comparably in both texts. DramaticRead MoreTheme Of Young Goodman Brown And The Cask Of Amontillado740 Words   |  3 Pages â€Å"Young Goodman Brown† by Nathaniel Hawthorne and â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† by Edgar Allen Poe have surplus amounts of irony that animate both short stories. Demented felonious antagonists and clueless protagonists cause the stories to seem similar. Montresor, a cunning and licentious human from â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† and caring Goodman from â€Å"Young Goodman Brown† persistently use verbal irony, nevertheless, the irony is unique to each story. In â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† and â€Å"Young Goodman Brown†Read MoreAnalysis Of A Rose For Emily By William Faulkner1407 Words   |  6 Pagesand buy food? 2. Choose one story in that contains significant imagery or symbolism and discuss how that element contributes to the central meaning of the story. Discuss either imagery or symbolism – Young Goodman Brown – symbolism is the woods – his own doom In the short story Young Goodman Brown, Nathaniel Hawthorne, uses significant symbolism to portray the protagonist’s struggle as a once religious resident of Salem Village, who abandon’s his beliefs, and chooses the road to damnation. His