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

The Dark Side of the Mind Exposed in bbl of Amontillado A wrong is unredressed when retri notwithstandingion overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself entangle as such to him who has d champion the wrong. With that statement, Montresor begins his tale of revenge deciding that the turn of events must be slow and sweet and that in order to amply enjoy it, his adversary must be aware of his intentions. Hidden indoors those same few lines, lies not only this horrid intention, but too the true enliven of its true author. In his caskful of Amontillado, Edgar Allen Poe reveals his supreme interest in the dark side of the world capitulum and heart.   Much of what a level means, much of its effect on the reviewer depends on the look through which it is seen and on the verbalize 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 refers to the indorser as you several times. This does not only come to pull the reader into the story, but it also provides a valuable insight into the mind of the author. By referring to the reader as you a connection is established between Montresor and the reader. This connection suggests that the reader can sympathize with the actions of Montresor by relating them to some event in the readers other(prenominal) or imagination. Poe suggests that we, as a body of readers, all want to open acts such as that committed by Montresor and therefore can recognise 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 evil act Fortunato committed that was so seve... ...each step, Montresor pulls Fortunato in a little further by provoking him with threats of getting his archenemy Luchresi to test the wine. Without breaking from his cal m shell, Montresor is able to path 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 people may be matched against that of him. A man that truly lives by the motto 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.