Do you think you could ever get away with murder? For Montresor, he thought he could. But he will soon realize the past can not be easily forgotten. Following the events after “The Cask of Amontillado”, you will see a man spiral into an abyss of fear as he comes to terms with killing(?) Fortunato, and the people close to him. Eventually, this will cause a severe break in reality for him and cause hallucinations that he can not determine if they are real or a figment of his imagination. He will become more and more desperate as events begin to unfold that force him to take desperate measures to stay a free man. Finally this will all reach its pinnacle, when the two men meet for the last time. As I walked back through the crypt, thoughts began …show more content…
The rest of the day was spent in solitary. That night I did manage to get what some would call sleep, but it was far from pleasant. At first, all I could see was a thick veil of darkness. Then I began hearing crying in the distance, like a lost soul adrift in the abyss of darkness. Then it cut off abruptly, only a suspended echo remaining. Slowly, a bundle of bells began chiming, growing louder and louder, until my ears felt like they were screaming in agony. I snapped out abruptly, screaming and sweating like a child wanting his mother. What was that? Was it a sign? No, it couldn’t be. Just I simple nightmare is all. But I still had a distinct uneasy feeling sitting in the pit of my stomach. There is only one way to get rid of …show more content…
Not even a slight jingle from his bells. Was he ignoring me? Yes, that’s it. Still too shocked from the betrayal that took place. What a fool. As I reentered my chamber, I still felt on edge. Why didn’t I hear his bells? I should have at least heard them jingle. I took some opium I had stored in my nightstand, hoping it would help me drift into sleep. All I felt was the thick air of the room as I began to feel more and more anxious. Finally gasping for air, I ran out onto the moonlight soaked streets, breathing in the fresh air. Taking in the fresh breeze, I turned, finally feeling at peace after what felt like an eternity. As I began walking, I noticed the shape of a man walking down the sparsely populated street. A sense of dread was welling up inside my head. Do I know him? It finally dawned on me as he walked under a street lamp. Walking down the street, right in front of me, was the familiar looking
The narrator describes, “And on his way he would see the cottages and homes with their dark windows, and it was not unequal to walking through a graveyard” (174). No one was outside interacting, they were all in their homes on their electronics. More specifically, it was always quiet and lonely on the streets at night. As the narrator mentions, “The street was silent and long and empty, with only his shadow…” (174).
“It grew louder-louder-louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard it not? Almighty God!-no no!
You look around and all you see is darkness. Silhouettes surround you in an organized manner. All of a sudden lights come on and hundreds of silhouettes join you in a deathly silence. You see a man walking towards the center holding a thin stick. As he raises his stick you raise yours, which in your hands is a 73 centimeters of elegant horse hair and fine brazil wood.
Where there were voices, there was escape. "HELP!" I shouted, hoping they would hear me. "Holy shit there's a person down there!" a feminine voice exclaimed.
I woke up dizzy and confused. I looked around, no sign of anyone near. I was sitting on an old, rusty bench. I stood up, a bit stiff; the only problem was: where do I go? I followed a trail that led to a huge tree and it was a like a fire bursting with red orange and yellow flames.
At one point I realize that I could not hear the footprints of the man. I stopped and looked around in the darkness; then something pulled me to the ground. “Please don’t make me go back. Let me be free. Let me live,” I cried.
I slowly opened the door as if I was walking to the gates of death, and then darkness and cold showed up in that room. It was so cold that I wished the sun could have burned me alive. There was that sound too that made me think of all forgotten legends about secrets of the night. It was getting louder and louder as if someone was pounding the table with a knife. My body was trembling, my voice, rumbling all the things I didn’t want to apprehend.
Here, he shines the light of a lantern upon the “Evil Eye” of the sleeping senior.
I stopped: the sound ceased, only for an instant; it began again, louder: for at first, though distinct, it was very low. It passed off in a clamorous peal that seemed to wake an echo in every lonely chamber; though it originated but in one, and I could have pointed out the door whence
For the rest of Montresor’s life, he has to hold on to the secret that he murdered Fortunato. Secrets such as these take a toll on individuals. Another take on “The Cask of Amontillado” is that Fortunato acts as a symbol for Montresor. By killing Fortunato, Montresor is also symbolically killing a part of himself that he is ashamed to possess.
He stayed in that place for a long time. Finally, he crept out and look round to make sure no man was round, Under the stars and from the moonlight he could see back down the trail. He sat down to watch and at last, he saw a shadow of something moving in the moonlight for Nuke slipped away from the man.
I could taste my own blood staining my teeth. This has been my life in and out for fifteen years. I used to cry myself to sleep and now I stare blankly at the ceiling until the fatigue chases out the images of last expressions that would otherwise haunt me. My footprints up the mile long trek up the hill are the only images of someone in the area.
" The darkness was profound. I could see nothing before me nor around me and the mass of overhanging interlacing trees rubbed together, filling the night with an incessant whispering. Finally I saw a light and soon my companion was knocking upon a door. Sharp women's voices answered us, then a man's voice, a choking voice, asked, 'Who goes there?'
The Man on the Stairs It was a tiny sound but it woke me up because it was a human sound. I heldmy breath and it happened again, then again; it was footsteps on the stairs. I triedto whisper, There's someone coming up the stairs,
He pulled his hood over his head before crossing the abandoned road, the sun rest upon the horizon, slowly winking from existence. Rocks ground under his foot as he roughly threw his feet down, attempting to masquerade his steps as those of a human. In front of him lay the decaying wood structure that was an inn. Above the brown wood doorway lay a creaking sign attached to a post by two chains.