cultural literacy and background for understanding
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Cultural Literacy
and
Background for Understanding
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“…but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.”
“The Cask of Amontillado” is the narrator’s account of his ability to carry out a chilling plot of revenge against his offender.
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Carnival is a secular holiday, but it evolved from the Christian observance known as Lent.
Lent is a solemn forty-day period of fasting prior to Easter.
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Traditionally, the fasting during Lent involves abstaining from eating meat.
Modern interpretations of fasting may involve abstaining from anything one enjoys.
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FLESH (Meat) + FAREWELL
In anticipation of the solemnity of Lent, the celebration of Carnival evolved.
Participants engage in excessive and extreme behavior to bid farewell to meat-eating (and merriment).
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Carnival is a time of EXCESS and INDULGENCE.
BINGEING upon food and alcohol is common.
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Circa 1700-1800
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Gemmary
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Author, not the narrator, of the story.
Developed characters whose sanity is questionable.
Universally credited as a significant
contributor to the development of the short story as a literary genre.
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