A Good Man Is Hard To Find, The Cask Of Amontillado And...

The three short stories, â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find†, â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† and â€Å"The Devil† all revolve around the motifs of morality and extreme behavior. Each story commonly portrays how each character has a reason that drives and motivates their moral choices; however, the reasons differ between the three short stories. The short story, â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find†, demonstrates how the perception of â€Å"good† and â€Å"bad† is relative among individuals, which can lead to moral choices that would seem conflicting and morally-wrong to other individuals. The subjectivity between â€Å"goodness† and â€Å"badness† is as demonstrated through the contradicting and irreconcilable viewpoints and attitudes between the Misfit and Grandma. Although Grandma†¦show more content†¦Therefore, when Fortunato damages Montresor’s pride, he determines to seek revenge for his sense of reputation, so he doesn’t appear frail and inferior. Throughout the story, he has no sense of guilt, he can only think about killing Fortunato to redeem himself. Also, the wrongdoing of Fortunato was not addressed clearly and properly, which elicits doubt on the credibility of Montresor for the reader. Furthermore, Fortunato seems to be very carefree, which suggests that Fo rtunato is unaware of his wrongdoing and a biological mechanism such as insanity might be driving Montresor’s moral choices. The short story, â€Å"The Devil†, examines how the need and instinct of survival grow under tense circumstances, which becomes the primary priority and can override overturn our morals. One prime example is the farmer, Honore. All children live under a social expectation of serving and taking care of their parents when they grow up, however, this is not the case in this particular story. Farmers generally do not earn a lot of money, however, farming is his only source of income, therefore, he is obligated to farm, in order to support his family. He wouldn’t have enough money to support his mother any longer if he doesn’t collectShow MoreRelatedA Look into the Dark Side of Edgar Allan Poe1736 Words   |  7 Pagesthe way he live his life and died, many of his stories and poems were a mystery. Two of his most famous works â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† and â€Å"The Raven† were dark and mysterious fictions with dark characters and mysterious plots . â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† was a story about the dark act of satanic pursuit of revenge, unlike â€Å"The Raven†, which invited us into the soul of a grieving man. Both stories were essential and gave meaning to what Poe was going through during those years of his life. His wifeRead MoreA Look into the Dark Side of Edgar Allan Poe1762 Words   |  8 Pagesthe way he lived his life and died, many of his stories and poems were a mystery. Two of his most famous works â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† and â€Å"The Raven† were dark and mysterious fictions with dark characters and mysterious plots. â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado† was a story about the dark act of satanic pursuit of revenge, unlike â€Å"The Raven† which invited us into the soul of a grieving man. Both stories were essential and gave meaning to what Poe was going through during those years of his life. His wifeRead More Analyses of Short Stories Essay examples4756 Words   |  20 PagesAnalyses of Short Stories Nathaniel Hawthorne, â€Å"Young Goodman Brown† Goodman Brown was not asleep in this short story. As I read, I believed that Goodman did indeed meet the devil in the forest. If he had indeed dreamt about the trip he was sent on and meeting the devil, I think his nervousness would have been described in more detail then it was. Concentrating more on the anxiety he was feeling would have led the reader to believe that the events were not real. I also saw this storyRead MoreANALIZ TEXT INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS28843 Words   |  116 Pagesresolved is one within the protagonist’s psyche or personality. External conflict may reflect a basic opposition between man and nature (such as in Jack London’s famous short story â€Å"To Build a Fire† or Ernest Hemingway’s â€Å"The Old Man and the Sea†) or between man and society (as in Richard Wright’s â€Å"The Man Who Was Almost a Man†). It may also take the form of an opposition between man and man (between the protagonist and a human adversary, the antagonist), as, for example, in most detective fiction. Internal