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Post by jburrow on Jun 4, 2013 21:00:35 GMT
Edgar Allen Poe's style of writing is somewhat crazy but the craziness of his writing was brought about by a long life of death, depression, and alcoholism. In the short story "The Cask of Amontillado" Edgar Allen Poe used many different literary devices. Poe opened with the description of Fortunato in detail, the look he had, what he was wearing, it was as if I were there in the story looking at Fortunato. It is very ironic that poe gave Fortunato his name with the evil misfortune he was facing in the end. Fortunato also asked Montresor if he was a mason, montresor quickly pulled a trowel out of his pocket and answered yes. Little did Fortunato know that his last moments would be spent watching Montresor's masonry skills bury him alive. The main theme of this story was Fortunato wanted to see if there was really a pipe of Amontillado (wine). Fortunato never found the pipe of wine instead he found himself in the clutches of a mad man. The last outstanding device that he used was the protagonist of the story. Montresor was the protagonist and had problems that were not really made known in this short story. Many people could even go about saying that the way he was feeding Fortunato wine he was delusional.
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Post by jeffreymonroe1 on Jun 4, 2013 21:01:58 GMT
The Story of an Hour
Mrs. Mallard is the protagonist in the story. She has a heart problem and finds out that her husband died in a train wreck. After she hears the news she goes up to her room and sits in a chair to look outside her window. She was so upset and stunned that while she was sitting in her chair she died of what the doctor called heart disease.
The dramatic irony in the story is that her husband didn’t actually die in the accident. He wasn’t even near the scene. His friend Richards read his name in the paper and on a telegram saying he was killed in the wreck. Neither him, Mrs. Mallard, nor her sister Josephine knew that he wasn’t on the train.
The setting for most of the story is in Mrs. Mallard’s room during the day. She is sitting in an armchair looking out the window. There are patches of blue sky showing through the clouds and a delicious breath of rain is in the air. As she sits there she starts to feel death coming over her. She tries to fight it but eventually gives in and lets it take her with happiness
That is way different than what I got out of the story. My perspective was that She felt sad when she first found out that her husband was dead. When she started to contemplate about the events that took place she felt joy. In that she didn't have to be under her husbands rule. As if she felt trapped when he was alive but when he died. She felt relieved for she could live free.
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Post by jeffreymonroe1 on Jun 10, 2013 13:50:54 GMT
Discussion Question “spunk” The author of the story "Spunk" uses irony and conflict. Used irony because the character Joe was always betrayed as the quit type and he tried to kill spunk. spunk stole Joe’s wife and spunk killed Joe because he supposedly tried to kill him. In the end of the story spunk dies and Lena, Joe’s wife, is alone. Used conflict because for most of the story the two characters spunk and Joe, there is tension and they get involved in a fight and Joe is killed. Lena is caught in the middle of the hole conflict and in the end both the people she had been with died an she is left single There is irony in the story with the wife being alone at the end. The conflict is where the two men's decisions might get in the way of their end goal, to be with Lena. At the end is the ironic part to where both men die and don't have a chance to fulfill being with the one they love. For they are both dead.
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Post by jeffreymonroe1 on Jun 10, 2013 14:06:55 GMT
Edgar Allan Poe made the setting for a majority of the story “The Cask of Amontillado” a dark, moist, and sad place, the vaults underground, in which at the time period was used as a grave of sorts, is where Montresor took Fortunato to basically kill him. The setting is also depicted by the way Montresor gets Fortunato to drink more wine without him realizing it, also tricking him into thinking that the chain around his wrists and waist was a joke. The theme of the story is revenge, in some way, shape or form Fortunato has insulted Montresor to an extent of Montresor wanting to kill Fortunato in revenge for the insult. The plot of the story was exposed in the first three paragraphs that Montresor was insulted by Fortunato to an extent of revenge including murder. Montresor’s narrative at the beginning of the story described the extent of Fortunato’s insult upon Montresor, and the length that he must go to revenge his dignity, or reputation, that Fortunato had disgraced so badly that the only way he can have revenge is by murdering Fortunato. Edgar Allen Poe was always a dark writer. The only thing he knew was death and that could be the reason he wrote the morbid stories he did. This story has deceit, lies, and betrayal. Which for Poe is a great combination for this story. Montresor is the man that betrays Fortunato for revenge. The deceit is when Montresor tells him that chains are not there for the reason he may think,but in reality he knows better. This is a good breakdown of the story.
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Post by jeffreymonroe1 on Jun 10, 2013 14:12:59 GMT
In the story “The Birth Mark” the author uses conflict throughout the story. The author use of conflict was between a man and his wife’s birth make and how it was her only imperfection to him and he could not stand it. Throughout the story the man and his wife go back and forth about whether not to remove the mark. The author describes the setting in detail when the man’s wife wakes up after she faints in a room which her husband had remodeled. The author goes on to describe the room as enchanting to the wife and describes the room as having the walls hung with gorgeous curtains. The author uses the point of view from the man has his wife. In the beginning story uses it by allowing the reader to hear the opinion of both the man and the wife on the subject of the birthmark. Good summary. Did they ever decide to remove the birth mark? Reason being is the story sounds like they talked about the removal and a room the husband made. No detail of if the mark was removed or not. Is there irony, conflict? Can't see what the conflict is between the room and the mark.
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Post by justinmy on Jun 11, 2013 12:25:32 GMT
In "The Story Of An Hour" the author uses many literary devices. The setting in this story is the home of the Mallard family. Mrs Mallard is being confronted with the death of her husband and some of her immediate family is there to comfort her. Figurative language is used in the first line when it says that "Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble". Meaning that she could have a physical problem with her heart, or an emotional problem with the way she feels about the lose of her husband. Figurative language is also used in paragraph 18 when it says "she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window". I interpreted that to be the fresh air Mrs. Mallard was breathing in through the open window. Mrs. Mallard has an internal conflict and questions how much she really loved her husband. The author mentions how Mrs. Mallard is sad about the lose of her husband but speaks to herself about the freedom that she has obtained through her lose. Dramatic irony occurs at the end of the story when Mr. Mallard is actually not deceased and walks through the front door. This in turns causes the heart troubled Mrs. Mallard to die "of heart disease- of joy that kills."
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Post by connorkasinec on Jun 11, 2013 13:50:27 GMT
"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe uses setting, tone, and theme to portray the meaning of the story. The tone, like most of Poe’s works, was dark and morbid from the start. This is supported in the text, for example “A wrong is undressed when retribution overtakes its redressor”, implies the tone of vengeance for wrongdoing. This morbid tone is also supported by the setting. Most of the story is set in the catacombs of Italy. Poe writes of human remains and a foul smell through the catacombs. He uses the sense of going deeper into the catacombs under low arches and into a crypt. These details of the setting increase the intensity of the morbid tone. There are multiple themes throughout the story. One of these themes is amontillado (an expensive pale, dry wine). Montresor uses amontillado to lure Fortunato into the vaults where Montresor plans to execute his revenge. Another theme through the story is death. From the beginning to the end death is repeatedly revealed, up to the point of Fortunato’s demise. This is an example of how an author can use theme, setting, and tone together to make a great work of literature. Connor Kasinec-Jeff explains how Poe used literary devices very well to get his story across in The Cask of Amontillado. He shows how Poe used descriptive language to show his intentions towards Fortunato and his plan to kill him. Jeff also shows the setting and how it sets the mood for the story. The dark, moist wine cellar really reflects the killers evil plan he has in store for his friend. As jeff states the tone used throughout the story reflected death from the beginning to the end.
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Post by wyattcolehubbard15 on Jun 11, 2013 13:52:06 GMT
In "The Story Of An Hour" the author uses many literary devices. The setting in this story is the home of the Mallard family. Mrs Mallard is being confronted with the death of her husband and some of her immediate family is there to comfort her. Figurative language is used in the first line when it says that "Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble". Meaning that she could have a physical problem with her heart, or an emotional problem with the way she feels about the lose of her husband. Figurative language is also used in paragraph 18 when it says "she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window". I interpreted that to be the fresh air Mrs. Mallard was breathing in through the open window. Mrs. Mallard has an internal conflict and questions how much she really loved her husband. The author mentions how Mrs. Mallard is sad about the lose of her husband but speaks to herself about the freedom that she has obtained through her lose. Dramatic irony occurs at the end of the story when Mr. Mallard is actually not deceased and walks through the front door. This in turns causes the heart troubled Mrs. Mallard to die "of heart disease- of joy that kills." In The Story Of an Hour, there was a lot of literary devices used. Dramatic irony is a major literary device in this story. The dramatic irony in the reading starts right off the bat when Mrs. Mallard gets word her husband has died in a railroad disaster. She begins to weep, with sudden and wild abandonment in her sisters arms. Then she locks herself in her room and begins to realize that she is free from her unhappy marriage that had been leading her life. Then at the end of the story as she walks down the stairs sees her husband and dies after realizing she would have to live with her unhappy marriage. The doctors also described her cause of death was from A JOY THAT KILLS.
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Post by jaymedossett on Jun 11, 2013 14:23:35 GMT
Discussion question 1 Author Shirley Jackson uses three different literary devices in the Fiction “The Lottery”. The literary device that is used in the short story could be seen are symbolism, irony, and tone. Symbolism is conveyed in the story with the black box and the lottery. The black box represents symbolism with the fact that the box is completely worn out and faded showing that the lottery is a long time tradition that people have a hard time getting rid of and changing. The people are not willing to change the box or fix the box, because the box represents the tradition the people do not want to change. The lottery represents symbol that the people are willing to follow tradition without questioning the tradition, no matter how cruel, and evil the tradition could be. The next literary device that is conveyed in the story is irony that is represented with the idea that the tradition the people follow is considered to be a “lottery”. People consider lotteries to be a positive event when you win money or other prices, but in the short story the “The Lottery” it will have a negative outcome when the person wins the lottery, showing the irony in the story. Last literary device shown in the short story is tone. The authors tone is displayed with the authors wording used towards the fact that people are not willing the change traditions without questioning the fact whether it is morally right. For Example: "”Shut up, Tessie,”" Bill Hutchinson said. Shows that the author uses a harsh and mean tone that Mrs. Hutchinson wants to change the tradition and believe it is not fair, but everybody around her is not willing to change, and even her husband is willing to tell her to shut up and willing to go on with the tradition. Symbolism is shown throughout the movie. I believe that the black box is a symbol of how long the lottery has been around, also how the people don’t want to change things up and mess the tradition of the lottery up. It even describes the black box as old and faded and that how the people want to keep the tradition around of the black box. In the story was talk of repairing the box and that how majority did not want the box to be fixed. It also shows how there is conflict because some people want to change the tradition but the community acts harsh towards change.
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Post by wyattcolehubbard15 on Jun 11, 2013 14:24:03 GMT
The Story of an Hour
Mrs. Mallard is the protagonist in the story. She has a heart problem and finds out that her husband died in a train wreck. After she hears the news she goes up to her room and sits in a chair to look outside her window. She was so upset and stunned that while she was sitting in her chair she died of what the doctor called heart disease.
The dramatic irony in the story is that her husband didn’t actually die in the accident. He wasn’t even near the scene. His friend Richards read his name in the paper and on a telegram saying he was killed in the wreck. Neither him, Mrs. Mallard, nor her sister Josephine knew that he wasn’t on the train.
The setting for most of the story is in Mrs. Mallard’s room during the day. She is sitting in an armchair looking out the window. There are patches of blue sky showing through the clouds and a delicious breath of rain is in the air. As she sits there she starts to feel death coming over her. She tries to fight it but eventually gives in and lets it take her with happiness
That is way different than what I got out of the story. My perspective was that She felt sad when she first found out that her husband was dead. When she started to contemplate about the events that took place she felt joy. In that she didn't have to be under her husbands rule. As if she felt trapped when he was alive but when he died. She felt relieved for she could live free. She got word of her husband’s death and was upset until she got into her room by herself. This made her realize that she was free, free from her husband’s rule. She could go on living a happy life now. Until she is walking down the stairs and her husband walks in the door. Everything she had just realized went out the window, and she dropped to the floor and died. She died from a joy that kills.
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Post by jaymedossett on Jun 11, 2013 14:26:25 GMT
"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe uses setting, tone, and theme to portray the meaning of the story. The tone, like most of Poe’s works, was dark and morbid from the start. This is supported in the text, for example “A wrong is undressed when retribution overtakes its redressor”, implies the tone of vengeance for wrongdoing. This morbid tone is also supported by the setting. Most of the story is set in the catacombs of Italy. Poe writes of human remains and a foul smell through the catacombs. He uses the sense of going deeper into the catacombs under low arches and into a crypt. These details of the setting increase the intensity of the morbid tone. There are multiple themes throughout the story. One of these themes is amontillado (an expensive pale, dry wine). Montresor uses amontillado to lure Fortunato into the vaults where Montresor plans to execute his revenge. Another theme through the story is death. From the beginning to the end death is repeatedly revealed, up to the point of Fortunato’s demise. This is an example of how an author can use theme, setting, and tone together to make a great work of literature. I agree with snowman on this one. The tone is in fact a dark sort of poem tone throughout the entire story. As far as describing the tone, and having evidence to back his opinion up, he did very well. He provided a quote from the story showing how dark and weird this story was which was an excellent source to provide. He also provided the setting which is another important key in understand the tone of the story. Also describes the theme of the story and he provided evidence to back all his stuff up.
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Post by jaymedossett on Jun 11, 2013 15:07:14 GMT
Discussion Question “spunk” The author of the story "Spunk" uses irony and conflict. Used irony because the character Joe was always betrayed as the quit type and he tried to kill spunk. spunk stole Joe’s wife and spunk killed Joe because he supposedly tried to kill him. In the end of the story spunk dies and Lena, Joe’s wife, is alone. Used conflict because for most of the story the two characters spunk and Joe, there is tension and they get involved in a fight and Joe is killed. Lena is caught in the middle of the hole conflict and in the end both the people she had been with died an she is left single I kind of understand the irony in this story because the woman is pretty much playing two guys, and in the end ends up with neither of them. Also where the conflict comes in where the two poor guys getting played are trying to fight for the only girl in the world that mattered to them, their whole world so to speak. Then for this girl to be seeing another man I can see how they would be fighting. In the end I believe the girl should have been the one that passed, in my opinion she didn’t deserve to be alone
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Post by Eddie Austin on Jun 13, 2013 13:20:03 GMT
Setting This story was in an old town, kind of like an old western in the streets of the village. There was a bar that most of the towns men meet up and drink occasionally. Style This style of writing comes from a down south country ascent. Mainly how all country states citizens speak. ‘Looka theah folks’ is what Elijah cried to Mosley. This story is filled with incorrect ways of speaking .The settings are the same way as the way the people talk in the story. conflict the two main characters are Spunk and Joe. Joe loses his wife to Spunk. The towns people would get onto Joe about when he will be man enough to go get his woman back. One day they were all drinking in the bar and Joe’s girl came to the subject, they all talked him up in going to fight Spunk. The people didn’t believe that Joe had the guts. Later on in that day they heard a gunshot and news came that Spunk killed Joe.
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