Guillermo Reyes ENC 1102 TR 10:00-11:15 4/17/14 Annotated Bibliography LitFinder Contemporary Collection.

Explanation of: The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. Short Story. Detroit: Gale 2000, Cengage Learning. Full Text. We start to see the true intentions of Montresor towards Fortunato in this source. It explains the reason why Montresor wants revenge on Fortunato. In the story Montresor starts off by saying The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. In the story it really doesnt go into much detail on what Montresor did to Fortunato for him to seek revenge, but it does show you how clever Fortunato was to seek revenge. This source might just be my most favorite one. Going into the mind of the characters and deciphering their plot is what this source is all about. It goes into Montresors head breaking down his evil plot step by step. Fortunato not suspecting a thing, since he is all caught up in his pride and drunkenness, he has no idea Montresor is coming for revenge. This source is going to help me on the project by helping me understand whats truly going with the characters true intention.

M. Diane McCormick Poes stories get us in the mood for madeness. Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA) 2012. Print. This source explains the horror and spooky feeling Edgar Allan Poe gives reader when they read his stories. He is best known for creating this type of atmosphere for his readers. Understanding his language is only the first step, then comes to be able to decipher his stories because they come with a lot of twist. I can use this source when I start to write my language analyzes, since this is exactly what this source is trying to teach you about Poes writing. Not a lot of information to take but I can use some of the information to get me going into the right direction. I might be changing out his source out as well if I tend to find a better one. Richard P. Benton The Cask of Amontillado: Overview; Reference Guide to Short Fiction. Ed. Noelle Watson. Detroit: St. James Press. From Literature Resource Center. Copyright 1994 St. James. Press This source is talking about Edgar Allan Poes story The Cask of Amontillado. It simply goes in debt with the main characters talking about where the story took place, and the era of this story could have been written on. Montresor and Fortunato are the main characters in this story. The source really helps to understand the scene and the type of living conditions these two characters lived in. Understanding the full aspects of the story is what this source is trying to get so the reader can comprehend whats going on. Coming across this source was perfect for me to write my paper on. The details, explanation of the setting, and evaluating deeply each character are what this source did. This source made it so much easier for me to understand whats really going onrather than just trying to figure it out on

my own. Edgar Allan Poe was not known for writing easy literature, this source really came in handy to decipher Poes literature. The Cask of Amontillado. Literature and Its Time: Profiles of 300 Notable Literacy Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them. Detroit: Gale 1997 81-86. Library. Starts off my establishing where this story took place, Italy. Further into this source it starts breaking down everything that needs to be known about the story, the setting, the language, characters, and the plot. Really makes it easy to write the essay using this source. I can use a lot of information on my essay from this source. Since im doing the plot analyzes and the language analyzes to construct my essay, a lot of that information is going to come from this source alone. It also it explains the surrounding elements Poe could have been introduced to in that era. The revolution and the way people lived at that time. It helped me understand where Poe was coming from when he wrote this story. The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe. Enclyclopedia of American Literature. New York. 2008. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Print This source is small but gets straight to the point about The Cask of Amontillado. This source gives a quick summary of the complete story. It details the narrator and the protagonists. It also explains the whole plot system of the story, how it begins, the middle and how it ends. I can use this source to construct the plot of this story. The source is not that big, I wont be able to take much out of this source but its enough to use for my paper. I can use this source when I start to write the plot analyzes of the story The Cask of Amontillado. I might be changing this source out if I find a better credited source.