ENGLISH 1
MONDAY
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
EDGAR ALLEN POE “THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO” ( PAGES 172 – 180)
DO NOW: (1) DEFINE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR. (2) DEFINE PERSONA AND
THEN EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY A WRITER WOULD USE IT.
(3) WHY WOULD A WRITER USE AN UNRELIABLE NARRATOR
TO TELL A STORY?
DIRECT INSTRUCTION:
USE THE VOCABULARY WORDS IN THE
IN THE FOOTNOTES TO FILL IN THE BLANKS:
- IN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM A ______________ WAS BUILT FOR PROTECTION OF AMERICAN TROOPS.
- IF DISRESPECT GOES ON TO BE _______________ SOME PEOPLE WILL TREAT YOU LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME.
- IN EARLIER TIMES A _________________ WAS THE CHOICE OF WEAPONS.
- HIS FAMILY IS _____________ BY DEBTS.
- MOST CATHOLIC CHURCH PRIESTS OFTEN SPEAK THE PHRASE ________________ DURING THOSE SAD MOMENTS OF DEPARTURE.
- ONE WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT A DIGNIFIED PERSON WOULD BE DRESSED IN A ______________ BECAUSE OTHERS WOULD MISTAKE AS AN ACT FROM A CIRCUS.
- TRAVELING TO EUROPE IT WOULD BE EASY FOR ONE TO SEE A _______________ BECAUSE IT SYMBOLIZED ROYALTY DURING THAT ERA.
- WHEN I HEARD THE SAYING _____ ______ _________ __________ I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT MOST PEOPLE FEEL THE SAME WAY.
- _________________ HE THREW ALL OF HIS CLOTHES ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
- DURING THE WINTER MONTHS IN RUSSIA MOST PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN WEARING A ___________________.
(2)
GUIDED PRACTICE: SILENTLY READ THE CASK OF AMATILLADO AND
ANSWER THESE
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
- Read “The Other Man in the Wall.” Explain how writing “The Cask of Amontillado” could have been a confession of a crime committed by Poe himself.
- Read page 179. Do you think Montresor’s “heart grew sick” because of the dampness or some other reason? Support your conclusion.
- Analyze and read page 174. What does the narrator’s smiling at the thought of Fortunato’s death tell you about his character?
- Read and analyze carefully page 175. Explain in writing how does the narrator lure Fortunato to his palace? Furthermore, what does this strategy tell you about the narrator?
- Examine and analyze page 179 again. What can you conclude about Montresor’s state of mind when he stops his work to enjoy Fortunato’s cries?
- Analyze page 177. Why might Montresor be carrying a trowel? What can you conclude about his plans?
- What evidence do we see that proves that Montresor committed the perfect crime?
- What character traits in Fortunato make him fall prey to Montresor.
- Montresor’s voice and the way way he speaks and his tone is frequently ironic. Which of Montresor’s comments to the unsuspecting Fortunato mean something different from what they seem to mean?
- Think about whether or not Montresor is an unreliable narrator. Do any details suggest that he might have imagined “the thousand injuries” and the insuly or even the whole story? Can you find evidence in the story to support Montresor’s claim that Fortunato did in fact injure and insult him? To support your answer consider Montresor’s actions, statements ahd voice.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: SUPPOSE THIS STORY WERE TOLD FROM
FORTUNATO’S FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW.
WRITE A NEW BEGINNING. START AT THE POINT WHERE THE TWO MEN MEET AT
DUSK, AND END WHEN THEY BEGIN
THEIR JOURNEY UNDERGROUND. LET THE
READER KNOW WHAT FORTUNATO THINKS OF MONTRESOR.
IS HE GUILTY OF THE THOUSAND INJURIES AND
THE INSULT THAT MONTRESOR REFERS TO?
CREATE AN INDIVIDUAL VOICE FOR FORTUNATO (ONE
THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM MONTRESOR’S BY GIVING HIM A DISTINCT TONE AND STYLE
OF SPEAKING. FOR EXAMPLE, IS HE FRANK,
CONFUSED, OR OVERCONFIDENT?.
(3)
HOMEWORK: (CRIME & PUNISHMENT) SUPPOSE THE PERSON TO
WHOM MONTRESSOR IS TELLING HIS STORY HAS
TURNED HIM OVER TO THE POLICE.
MONTRESOR’S LAWYER WILL ARGUE THAT HIS CLIENT IS INSANE. THE PROSECUTION WILL ARGUE THAT MONTRESOR
KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS DOING AND
THAT HE EVEN PLANNED THE
MURDER IN ADVANCE.
WRITE A CLOSING SPEECH FOR EITHER LAWYER, AND
ARGUE YOUR CASE BEFORE YOUR CLASSMATES
EXIT TICKET: SUMMARIZE THE PLOT IN “THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO”
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