Sunday, May 29, 2011

Suspense in The Cask of Amontillado

"The Cask of Amontillado" is a text book example of how to create suspense.  Montresor tells us the end from the beginning but does not offer us an explanation.  At the end of the story the question is still unanswered but so many other questions are answered along the way that we feel we have been given something.