Cask of Amontillado
According to Montresor, This "will be my revenge."
What is wine?
Mary loves and dotes on her distracted Husband Patrick, but their relationship becomes rocky when he admits to her this problem.
What is cheating/infidelity?
While no actual events occur here, we are introduced to our characters and our setting.
What is exposition/introduction?
This type of irony finds you sassing your sick mother when she wakes up distraught and you say "you look nice today, mom."
What is verbal irony (sarcasm)?
In "Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin, the main character's fiance, Hella, is snobbish and carefree. By the end of the novel, she is still snobbish and carefree.
What is a static character?
The ironic thing about being "Fortunado" is that he does not end up being what his name says it means.
What is "Fortunate?"
This is the profession Mary's husband Patrick is involved in, which makes the his murder that much more suspect.
What is a police officer?
What is conclusion/resolution?
I pay a repairman to come to my house to fix something, and he crashes his car into my house.
What is situational irony?
The hero, the one you root for, the one who we follow.
What is a protagonist?
J'accuse! Montresor is deeply offended by Fortunado's ill words, for attacking this part of his life.
What is his family/family name?
This type of verbal irony deals with the reaction Mary has when she "finds" her husband's body.
What is "shocked?"
This is the highest point of tension in the story, like the top of a rollercoaster
What is the climax?
When the protagonist of a horror movie enters the creepy room, and a long, disgusting hand begins to float over their shoulder.
What is dramatic irony?
In S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders," a skinny Soc character named David tries to drown Ponyboy Curtis, and then does nothing for the rest of the novel. He doesn't even appear in at the end!
What is a flat character?
Montresor wears this in order to keep his plans in the dark, symbolizing his malevolent intentions.
What is a veil/black-veil?
This is where Mary goes in order to cover her tracks with an alibi.
What is the grocery store/corner market/convenience store?
Once the story is established, this is how we begin to make our way up and towards the tension, as the story's problem is introduced.
What is rising action?
In A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, the Assheaded Nick Bottom falls in love with the fairy queen, but neither can see how "thou art as beautiful as though art wise."
What is Verbal Irony?
The Joker always poses a threat to Batman and Gotham City, but not every one is a fan of Batman's "vigilante" tactics. This makes the joker more appealing, Batman into a villain in the eyes of some, and this type of character to all of us.
What is/are round character(s)?
The final phrase that Montresor ironically utters to Fortunado at the story's end.
What is "may he rest in peace?"
This is what Mary Maloney thinks about right after she kills her once-faithful husband, proving her good conscious.
What is the death penalty/jail?
After the tension is resolved, we find ourselves in a decline
What is falling action/return?
Mike Lowell, a baseball player for the Massachusetts based Red Sox, is from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
What is verbal irony?
In the beginning of "Lamb to the Slaughter," Mary Maloney is a doting wife who has centered her life around her family. By the end of the story, she still centers her life around her family, but with less deadweight. This makes her this type of character.
What is a dynamic character?