The Motive for Murder in "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
The Motive for Murder in "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
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"The Cask of Amontillado" (1846) by Edgar Allan Poe depicts a man who makes his confession about an atrocious murder he committed in the past. A seeming absence of motive for this murder puzzles the reader and has intrigued critics, but a close reading of "The Cask of Amontillado" helps uncover the motive for Montresor's crime. An examination of on...
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The Motive for Murder in "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
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0361-1299
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10.2307/1566552
