1. The Cask of Amontillado By: Edgar Allen Poe
PowerPoint By: Lauren Marino, Susan Kraft, Danny Zimmer, Rachel Watola and Jaime Becker

2. Perspective
First Person
Montressor’s point of view

3. Characters
Protagonist: Montressor
Antagonist: Fortunato

4. Setting
Italy during Carnival
1600s/1700s

5. Conflict
Man vs. Man
Montressor wants to kill Fortunato

6. Rising Action
When Montressor and Fortunato are heading towards the area where the Amontillado is supposedly held

7. Climax
When Montressor had chained Fortunato to the wall

8. Falling Action
When Montressor is putting up the wall, sealing off Fortunato

9. Dénouement
Fortunato is left to die

10. Plot Climax Falling Action Rising Action Exposition Dénouement
Fortunato is chained to the wall.
Climax
Montressor and Fortunato are heading towards the area where the Amontillado is supposedly held. The whole way down Montressor is keeping Fortunato drunk and urging him to go back.
Falling Action
Montressor seals off Fortunato by putting up a wall.
Rising Action
Montressor and Fortunato are introduced and the basic conflict
Fortunato is left to die.
Exposition
Dénouement
Literary Devices: Symbolism- the Montressor Coat of Arms- Fortunato is the snake and Montressor is the foot stomping on the snake symbolizing that Montressor is going to defeat Fortunato.