Examples of how you can analyze the past of a character.

1.  Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado."

Fortunato

 

 

 

 

 Montresor
  • Montresor's family arms is a "huge human foot d'or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel" (9).
  • And Montresor's family motto is no one attacks me with impunity.

You want to really think about what this family history says about Montresor.

 

 

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