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The Cask of Amontillado: Critical Essay by John H. Randall III

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Edgar Allan Poe
About 13 pages (3,899 words)
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SOURCE: "Poe's The Cask of Amontillado' and the Code of the Duello," in Studia Germanica Gandensig, Vol. V, 1963, pp. 175-84.

In the following essay, Randall demonstrates how Fortunato's violations of the aristocratic code of honor motivate Montresor's revenge.

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