1、By Edgar Allan Poe,The Cask of Amontillado,The Content,A generally introduction to the text B division and analysis C the theme and style used D comment on the text,The Summary,The story is set in Italy. Had been injuried and insulted thousands of times by Fortunato, Montresor decided to secretly ta

2、ke revenge on him. Taking advantage of his vanity and arrogance, M successfully lured F to the wine cellar.,On the way to the vault, F never realized the deadly revenge from M . Finally, F drunk and astonished to find himself locked onto the granite(花崗石). M vigorously wall up the entrance of the nic

3、he(硝石.）never caught since the murder. The murder,seemingly unrepentant (不后悔的）ends the story by saying “In pace requiescat (may he rest in peace).”,Analysis of the text by parts,P one: reasons and his strong desire to revenge. “Not only punish, but punish with impunity. (我不僅要給他吃吃苦頭，還要干得絕了后患 ) A wrong

4、 is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. (報(bào)仇的自己得到報(bào)應(yīng)，這筆仇就沒了清 ）,P two: M encountered F and F promised to go to the vault ignorantly.,Pretended to met him luckily,Made as if he concerned for his health, refering to him as “friend”,Flattered by M,arrogant F sticked to going to the wine

5、cellar.,P three: on the way to the vault and search for Amontillado. Hints of his crazy revenge : pretending to concern and flatter him,“your health is precious, rich, beloved.” “to your long life”,“Nemo me impune lacessit ”(誰也不能侮辱我而不受懲罰） environmental description,“the displacing of the bones”, “ in

6、terior crypt or recess(墓穴，或者壁龕 )”, “walls of solid granite”(花崗石）,P four(the climax): they continued deeper to the combs, F was locked to the granite. M finally committed his horrible revenge. “for a moment I hsitated, I trembled.” “ but the thought of an instant reassured me.” “felt satisfied”, “for

7、 the love of Montresor” It shows the weakness of the moral personality of Montresor. Revenge overpowered him, which urged him to become so horrible. “In pace requiescat.”(愿死者安息！）“ The utterance of Italian demonstrates his high education , which is in sharpcontrast to his personalistic defect.,Theme

8、and writing style of the text,Theme:Revenge Essentially, a tale of revenge. does not matter that whether how Fortunato insulted Montresor Reveal the personalistic defect of the two characters, further explose the abnomal facet of human nature.,A :My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. one of the mo

9、st ironic statements of the whole story, because if he had not run into Montresor at all that fateful evening, perhaps he would have had much better luck and been much more fortunate B: Montresor refers to Fortunato as My friend his pretense further shows his astonishing revenge task. C:wish “to your long life” He hated Fortunatos guts（恨之入骨）,