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Youssef Abdelhameed Dr. Glover ENC-1102 (222042) 21 April 2017 Poe and American Victorianism Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his writings of poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery. He is widely regarded as a famous figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature, and he was one of the country s earliest practitioners of short stories. Edgar Allan Poe has witnessed a variety of disturbing situations in his life. For instance, he saw his two mothers and wife die of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis was a very serious disease at the time because there was no cure or vaccine. He has written about Tuberculosis many times in his stories without†¦show more content†¦Ultimately, The Cask of Amontillado is not humorous because the irony portrayed is very sad, dramatic, and tragic. Since the irony is as such, it is not funny, just suspenseful. The story was not funny because it involves death of its characters and that is not something to laugh about. Also, Montresor is vividly evil, a nd disturbed in his thought processes. Not all ironies are humorous. In â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado,† Montresor has his reasons for killing Fortunato. One is because he has insulted him in some way. We do not know how he insulted him, but whatever it is, it results in Montresor killing him. Montresor feels like he has to get his vengeance in one way or another. So he decides to get him drunk and entomb him alive. The insult most likely is something about Montresor s family. When Montresor is in the catacombs with Fortuanto, Fortunato takes several digs at Montresor s family. At one point he says, Oh, I forgot, the Montresors were once a great and noble family. In other words, Montresor s family is not as noble as it was at one point. Then, Fortunato makes the sign of the masons, an exclusive club of prominent men of the time. Then he says, Oh, you are not of the masons?—an obvious dig a Montresor s prestige. Montresor quickly pulls out a trowel, a tool of the common mason, or bricklayer, and says, sarcastically, Yes. Yes, I am a mason. Of course, this is a reference to Montresor s plan to bury Fortunato alive. Connor