Theme Of Ignorance In The Cask Of Amontillado

He continues instead in his quest for pleasure and intern allows his soul to disintegrate even further. The portrait of Dorian Gray acts as his moral indicator, but Gray simply disregards it. Dorian instead prefers to curtail his sins and live his life with the absence of morality by locking away the portrait. The memory of this terrible portrait however continues to return to haunt him. This makes Dorian paranoid and he fears that the painting will be discovered and his appearance will be forever tarnished to the world.

Gilgamesh is unhappy with this and threatens to hit her gate, breaking the bolt. Siduri wasn’t phased by the threat and opted to speak to him from the terrace as opposed to coming back down, After Gilgamesh explains the reason for his journey and why he looks so defeated and sick Siduri offers him her advice. Before

The range by which the term “power” is defined is vast, although any person or object possessing the ability to control one’s mind can be defined as powerful, including alcohol. In The Cask of Amontillado, Fortunato’s love for wine becomes the reason for his demise. Although wine is usually an inanimate object, in this story by Edgar Allan Poe, Amontillado (wine) possess the power to tempt poor Fortunato time and time again, blinding him from a downward spiral that he is walking into, thereby making it “animate” as it controls Fortunato rather than him controlling the wine. Montresor says, “He had a weak point --this Fortunato…He prided himself on his

Beside the pool his sinewy body held up a mask that drew their eyes and appalled them” (Golding 31-33). Jack becomes ashamed of himself and hides his face so he can pretend to be someone else. The theory that man can gradually lose innocence and can revert back to it shows that man cannot be initially mad. The ability to return to innocence portrays that man has initial innocent and can see the evil he has become,

Therefore, it is not hard for Tateh to abandon socialism. At the dawn of the novel, Tateh is poor and despises the wealthy for his inability to provide for his family, but once he gains status, all ill thoughts in relation to wealth vanish. After his success, Tateh is first mentioned at a hotel emblem of the old world enjoying his newfound wealth, even more so than the old world does: “It was enormously pleasurable to see the world as the Baron did, alive to every moment” (215). Not to mention that thereafter, all notions of socialist action obliterate. Tateh does not use his success to aid the cause, nor does he attend any further socialist meetings or speak out about his cause.

As his name suggests, Lord Ruthven is of a noble birth, which already contrasts with the original idea that vampirism only affected the lowborn. Furthermore, Polidori states that the antagonist was “more remarkable for his singularities, than his rank” (The Vampyre and Other Tales of Macabre, p3), thus surrounding the character with mystery and providing it with more depth. Ruthven’s dangerous nature is also clearly stated at the beginning, as “the light laughter of the fair only attracted his attention, that he might by a look quell it, and throw fear into those breasts where thoughtlessness reigned” (p3). This single sentence tells us numerous things about the antagonist. Firstly, it shows Ruthven’s destructive influence on his surroundings,

In the end proctor says “ let rebecca nurse go like a saint; for me it is fraud” and “it is evil and I do it.” (miller 138) This quote furthermore proves that he knows he is responsible for where he is at and for his actions. Based on this information proctor meets all the characteristics of a tragic hero and therefore is one. Proctor does have goodness in him, but he tends to keep it hidden. He has some superiority because if he didn’t he would not be so feared. His tragic flaw that he suffers from is being lustful and he even admits it.

The Franklin, a member of the second estate “[lives] for pleasure and [has] always done”, even though he does not contribute anything of value to society (Chaucer, General Prologue 345). Instead of being an honorable person, he focuses his attention on throwing parties and consuming expensive foods and ale. The Prioress is a member of the praying estate, but instead of devoting her attention to God, she focuses on material goods: “hung a golden brooch of brightest sheen/ On which there...was graven...Amor vincit omnia”(Chaucer, General Prologue 164-166). The brooch is very valuable and is engraved with a Latin phrase meaning “love conquers all.” Instead of focusing on the Church and carrying out God’s work, she acts like a member of the noble class, who is mainly concerned with courtly love. This is not even the worst hypocrisy of the Church.

That being said, it is ignorant to say that his fatal flaw is the sole reason for his downfall, as there were many contributing factors such as his jealousy and insecurity that factored into it. Nevertheless, his gullibility is ultimately the root cause as it enabled for these factors to come into effect. His fatal flaw is first pointed out by Iago, who comments that “The Moor is of a free and open nature/ That thinks men honest that but seem to be so” (1.3, 392-393). As the play progresses, Iago capitalizes on this weakness to plant seeds of doubt in his mind of Desdemona. Iago points out that “[Desdemona] did deceive her father, marrying you” (3.3,204), and thus brings to Othello’s attention that Desdemona is capable of lying.

At the end of the story, the reader can indicate that Ralph has lost his innocence by the quote, “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of true, wise friend called Piggy” (Golding 261). Being under a dictatorship can demolish any kind of sanity one has. Now Ralph has realized what power and manipulation can do to one person. He never intentionally plans on becoming a savage, and unfortunately, he misses his dignity. In response, Boyd comments, “It is rather the coming of an awareness of darkness, of the evil in man’s heart that was present in the children all along” (Boyd 27).