Edgar Allan Poe is a writer famous for writing detective novels and horror stories. One of his horror stories, "The Cask of Amontillado", told how a man took revenge on his friend. However, as I delved deeper into this story, I discovered that it was not simply a horror tale about how one man takes revenge in the safest way. On the contrary, it also shows a lot of irony in several areas: the title, the event, the season, the costume, the environment, the personality of the characters, the dignity and arrogance of a man and, in the end, public order. he isThe first thing I found ironic about Poe's story was its title, "The Cask of Amontillado." Without reading this story, it was difficult for me to understand why Poe used this title. However, after reading it, it made sense for the author to use this title, because this “Cask of Amontillado” plays an important role in the story. As I mentioned before, this title is ironic, but why? The reason is quite simple; In the story, this "Cask of Amontillado" is a ruse used by Montresor to lure Fortanato and make him fall into a trap. As a result, Fortanato was killed by Montresor. In other words, it can also be said that Fortanato was killed by an “Amontillado barrel”. At this point, the author describes Fortanato's life with irony since it seems that the value of Fortanato's life is as equal as a bucket of wine. Besides the title, the second ironic description is the weather. Here what I mean is the season in which the murder took place. Montresor chose to take revenge in “the supreme madness of the carnival”. In fact, the author could simply write like this: "during a carnival, he met a friend." "Supreme madness" see...... middle of paper ......s a person who has a sagacious mind and his attention to detail leads to a successful murder. For example, the “chests” where he chose to kill Fortanato, and those ironic conversations that caused Fortanato to fall into Montresor’s clutches. He also satirized Fortanato a lot in this story, as his favorite "Amontillado" and his dignity is his undoing. On the other hand, Fortanato has an obsessed mind and his audacity leads him to die. For example, he was not suspicious in the "vaults", his enviousness of "Luchesi", and his exorbitant appreciation of his skill, all this leads him to die in the end. Works Cited Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Amontillado barrel.” Composition literature: reading and writing arguments about essays, stories, poems, and plays. Ed. Sylvan Barnet, William Burto and William E. Cain. 8th ed. New York: Pearson, 2008. 124-128. Print.