Essay on Araby and Cask of Amontillado a Comparison

â€Å"Araby† and â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado†: A Comparison I found the stories â€Å"Araby,† by James Joyce and â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado,† by Edgar Allan Poe to have a similar idea behind them. They both seem to be stories involving someone manipulating the actions of another person. I will be talking about and comparing the different elements of each story and their relevance. Both stories take place in different countries. In â€Å"Araby† the story is about a boy from Ireland. The country itself doesn’t have too much importance. The story would be almost the same if the boy was from America. When the main character visits the bazaar is when the setting matters. In this case the setting in not the physical place, but what it represents. The items†¦show more content†¦I believe all of this symbolizes death. Catacombs are where people are put to rest; it’s already full of death. I think he uses vault to symbolize something that is locked away. A vault is not only something in a bank where you store things, but also can be a place of death. One definition of vault is a tomb or burial chamber. The other symbolism I found is Fortunato’s outfit. Fortunato was wearing motley, which is a multicolored dress. He was also wearing a conical cap with bells on it. This is the traditional look of a court Jester in medieval times, als o known as a fool. I believe Poe uses this to show us that Fortunato was fooled. At the end of the story he starts laughing and believes it all to be a joke. The tones of each work are different. Joyce’s story is dealing with love. It has a feeling of urgency. The boy cannot wait for his uncle to come home to give him some money. All of his thoughts are about the girl. This story is written in the first person narrative. It has a feel of someone recalling something that has happened a while ago. â€Å"The Cask†¦Ã¢â‚¬  was also written in the first person narrative. I believe the overall tone is dark and ominous. You know from the beginning that the protagonist seeks revenge. There are a couple of ironies in this story. The main character toasts to Fortunato’s long life. This can either be taken as sarcasm, as the main character will soon doom him to his death; or he does indeed want him to live long and suffer the fate that heShow MoreRelatedANALIZ TEXT INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS28843 Words   |  116 Pageswith himself – or about where the major crisis, or turning point of the narrative actually occurs. No r is there any special reason that the crisis should occur at or near the middle of the plot. It can, in fact, occur at any moment. In James Joyce’s â€Å"Araby† and in a number of the other companion stories in â€Å"Dubliners† the crisis – in the form of a sudden illumination that Joyce called an epiphany – occurs at the very end of the story, and the falling action and the resolution are dispensed with altogether