Imagery of Split Cherry Tree

Prof. Herbert: A big man. Wears a grey suit that matches his hair. 50-60 years old

Pa Sexton: Weather-beaten brown skin. Sheepskin jacket, Blue shirt, big buckskin boots, heavy socks going over the boots, Black hat, graying black hair, and big gnarled hands. 65 years old

Dave: School uniform, youngest in family out of 11 siblings. Presumably tan skin. 14-18 years old

School: six miles from the Sexton home. Playground. Cafeteria. Multiple classrooms. Well funded to be able to have microscopes at the day and age.

Sexton Home: A farm w/ lots of mules, cattle, and hogs. Fairly large plot of land to be able to hold all animals. House itself is 2 stories, with multiple bedrooms.

Vocab 2

Preclude-verb- to prevent the presence;to make impossible

Impunity-noun-exemptôn from punishment 

Immolation-noun- a sacrifice

Abscond-verb- to depart in sudden or secret manner; to avoid/escape from capture and legal prosecution

Repose-verb- the state of being at rest, peace, tranquility 

Aperture-noun- an opening

Termination-noun- elimination of a object; an issue or result

Subside-verb-to sink or lower

Inaugurate-verb- formal beginning, to introduce

Exhilarates-verb- to make cheerful, or happy; to enliven

Ironies in Cask of Amontillado

The title itself is an irony. Cask is a shortened form of the word casket, which signifies death. 

Fortunato's name is a play on fortunate, which is the opposite of him.

Montressor saying "Oh, you won't die of a cough," and “We will go back. Your health is precious. you are rich, beloved and happy; as I once was. You are a man to be missed.”

There ended up being no amontillado, which is an irony in a sense.

Fortunato's outfit is that of a fool, which he ends up being a fool.

Montressor toasts to Fortunato's long life.

Montressor shows Fortunato his trowel, which he ends up using to bury him alive.

The theme of the Cask of Amontillado is that revenge will drive a man to great lengths. A revenge is not done correctly if you are caught, and the revengee does not feel the pain they made you feel.

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Literary elements

Literary Elements

Setting: WHERE and WHEN a story takes place.

Characters: People or animals in a story. Anything that acts in a story.

Foreshadow: Hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.

Allusion: a reference, direct or implied, to previous literature, art, music or history (person, place, or event)

Plot: The sequence of events in a story. Has six parts: Exposition, inciting event, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.

Exposition: This is the set-up of the story. It introduces us to the main characters(s) and gives basic background information, such as establishing setting and main ideas, before the conflict begins. Usually the 1^st paragraph to the first couple of pages in a story.

Inciting event: The event that begins the conflict or problem of the story. It is the one event that if avoided or if it did not happen, the story does not happen. There is only one.

Rising action: The events in the problem or conflict that lead up to the climax. Usually these are in a series of escalating events that further the plot and become more and more complicated as the story progresses.

Climax: the height of the problem for the main character.

Falling Action: The action immediately after the climax and leading to the resolution. This is sometimes called the denounement.

Resolution: How the problem is solved. There is only one resolution. Example: Romeo and Juliet. This resolves the family feud as the two fathers forgive each other and build statues to honor Romeo and Juliet.

Protagonist: The main character of the story. Not necessarily a good guy or bad guy

Antagonist: The force that opposes the main character of a story.

Dynamic Characters: The character whose outlook on life has changed over the course of the story.

Point of view: The position or stance of the narrator. 1^st person. 3^rd person limited. 3^rd person-omniscience.

Round Character: A character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are developed by the author.

Flat character: A minor character in a work of fiction.

Static Character: A character whose outlook on life does not change.

The Five Types of Conflict:

Person v. Person: Conflict between two or more people. Outward.

Person v. Society: Conflict between the main characters and the conventions or structure of society (i.e. laws) Outward.

Person v. Self: A conflict within the character’s mind. Usually a decision the main character has to make. (i.e. a person overcoming an addiction) Inward.

Person v. Nature: A conflict between the main character and the forces of the natural world. (i.e. A story about surviving an avalanche) Outward.

Person v. Fate: An inward and/or outward conflict in which the main character comes up against forces outside his/her control such as supernatural forces of chance.

Irony: Three types of irony include: verbal, situational, and dramatic

Verbal Irony: A figure of speech in what is said is opposite of what is meant.

Situational Irony: Outcome is contrary to what is expected.

Dramatic Irony: When the audience know things that the characters don't.

Symbol: A person, a place, an object, and image that represents a greater idea.

`           As the man slowly walked toward the door, he wondered if the princess sent him to his death. He was a little scared to be honest. The princess may just say to hell with him, and have a tiger eat him. Or, she could take pity on him, and have a beautiful maiden waiting for him. The odds were equal. Which made the man think of something. Shouldn’t a man’s fate not be put in the luck of the draw? The way it was, the guilty could be married, and the innocent be eaten. There should be one door, he thought. The man would be put in the arena, and would walk over and open it, then they would see their fate. He realized he was putting a lot of faith in a woman who just might want her dead.

He went with his gut, and opened the door, and quickly ran away. Good thing he did, as the tiger leapt from the door. The tiger sniffed around a bit, and saw him. It began to slink forward, circling him. The man did no sudden movements, and walked toward the wall. He tried to climb up it, but there was no hold. The tiger was closer. He decided another plan of action. He slowly slinked his way over to the door, then ran in, and shut the door. The blackness was stifling. He stumbled to the back of the room, and found a gate. It was locked. He growled the beast outside, to get the guard’s attention.

The guard walked there slowly. When he was close, the man pulled the guard’s arm through the gate, twisted his arm, and choked him out. The man grabbed the guard’s keys, opened the door, and sneaked through. He grabbed the guard’s sword, in case there were others. He furtively crept his way from the dungeon. He walked softly through the gates of the city, paid for and grabbed a horse from a stable, and rode away from the city. He felt greatly betrayed

In the princess's chambers, the princess was weeping. She knew the man had escaped, and was probably going to attempt and kill her. She felt a twinge of regret at what she  had made a bad decision. She sent him to his death, and that would bring the death of her

The palpable aroma drifting from the bakery, as Jeremiah furtively snuck into it, to steal all of the muffins

Nocturnally, the knights traveling through the gaunt forest to rescue the princess; although it was a futile quest, as she was already in a land far away

The baker reciprocated Jeremiah's break-in by claiming that he had also stole all of his money. Jeremiah went to jail, for an additional 5 years