Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is an excellent example of the use of irony. Irony is generally defined as a difference between what is said or portrayed and what is meant. In particular, Poe makes extensive use of dramatic irony and verbal irony although as Stepp (1976) has discussed the multiple levels of irony...
Kelly Tolman Journal Annotation of The Ironic Double in Poe’s ‘The Cask of Amontillado’. Stepp, W. (1976). THE IRONIC DOUBLE IN POE’S ‘THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO’. Studies in Short Fiction, 13(4), 447. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Summary: Walter Stepp (1976) explores the levels of irony in “The Cask of Amontillado.” Step begins with a summary...