A Cheeseburger to feed Fortunado

Original:

Edgar Allan Poe makes good use of use of irony throughout "The Cast of Amontillado", and uses it in a way that contrasts the evilness of Montresor with normal socially accepted values. One particular passage where Poe utilizes all three forms of irony is in line 60, Montresor says

"You are not one of the masons."
"Yes, yes," I said, "yes. yes."
"You? Impossible! A mason?"
"A mason," I replied.
"A sign," he said.
"It is this" I answered, producing a trowel from beneath the folds of my roquelaure.

This passage makes use of dramatic irony in that the audience knows Montresor is planning to kill Fortunado and Fortunado is unaware. It also utilizes verbal irony with Montresor intentionally saying he is a mason, and not actually being a mason. And finally the passage makes use of situational irony in that the society of The Free Masons is normally a strong brotherhood, yet Montresor is about to kill Fortunado. Simultaneously utilizing three forms of irony is a brilliant feat, and Poe uses it to really relate the audience relate to the vindictive mindset of Montresor while also shaping the evilness of his character.

Changed:

Edgar Allan Poe employs several types of irony throughout "The Cast of Amontillado" as a vehicle to contrast the evilness of Montresor with the unawareness of Fortunado. In line 60 Poe utilizes all three forms of irony when Montresor says,

" 'You are not one of the masons.'
'Yes, yes,' I said, 'yes. yes.'
'You? Impossible! A mason?'
'A mason,' I replied.
'A sign,' he said.
'It is this' I answered, producing a trowel from beneath the folds of my roquelaure."

This passage makes use of dramatic irony because the audience is aware that Montresor is planning to kill Fortunado, yet Fortunado is unaware. It also utilizes verbal irony when Montresor intentionally says he is a mason, when in fact he is not. And finally the passage makes use of situational irony because the society of The Free Masons is normally a strong brotherhood, yet Montresor is about to kill Fortunado. Simultaneously utilizing three forms of irony is a brilliant feat, and Poe employs it well to help relate the audience to the vindictive mindset of Montresor while also shaping the evilness of his character.

I made the thesis sentence more concise, and changed every occurrence of 'uses' to 'employs'. Many sentences were shortened to be more direct, or reworded to be more exact, and less awkward. I changed the formatting on the quote, because I believe my previous formatting was incorrect. The concluding sentence was also reworded to have a better flow, and again to employ the word 'employs'.