Prayer of forgiveness for ill feelings
and resentments
• Lord Jesus, I confess that I have held ill feelings and
resentments against people. I call upon you and ask you
to help me to forgive people, groups, institutions,
churches, governments, and myself. I ask you Father, in
the name of Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to
drop in my mind and bring to my remembrance the name
of anyone or anything, whose actions or words real or
imagined hurt me, or another person for which I hold or
have held ill feelings, resentments, hate, envy, malice,
vengeance, un-forgiveness, bitterness or grudges
against. Father, as you forgave me when I did not
deserve to be forgiven, so
likewise, I forgive others, whether they deserve it or not;
in your Holy Name, I pray - Amen
“The Cask of Amontillado”
By Edgar Allan Poe
Big Question
• Is revenge
ever justified?
Literary Elements
• Dramatic Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Mood
– Suspense and horror
• Story Includes:
– Sensory details used to convey setting
– Repetition of words and rhythm of the language
– Words describing thoughts, feelings, and actions
The Title
• A pipe or cask is a hollow cylindrical container,
traditionally made of wood staves and bound with iron
hoops
• Known today as kegs and typically made out of
aluminum
Title
• Amontillado: a
dry sherry (a
type of wine)
that originated
in Spain
Carnival
•The Carnival Season is
a holiday period during
the two weeks before the
traditional Christian
fasting of Lent.
•The celebration of
Carnival ends on “Mardi
Gras" (French for "Fat
Tuesday“)
Motley
Catacombs
•Centuries ago Christians in Italy buried their dead in catacombs—long,
winding underground tunnels.
•Later wealthy families built private catacombs beneath their homes.
•Dark and cool, these chambers were suitable not only for burial but also for the
storage of fine wines, such as amontillado.
Coat of Arms
This is a biblical
allusion to Genesis
3:15: “He will crush
your head and you will
strike his heel,” wherein
the "he" refers to
Christ, and the "you"
refers to the serpent,
which is a symbol for
Satan.
Mason- the double meaning
Revenge
The other man in the wall…
• On July 12, 1845, a letter appeared in a New York
newspaper. The letter writer was describing his recent
travels in Italy. He said that he had an amazing
experience in the little town of San Giovanni when he
visited the church of San Lorenzo. He was shown a
niche covered with a sort of trapdoor in the wall of the
church. Inside the niche was an upright human skeleton.
The writer examined the skeleton and concluded that the
victim had been walled in alive and suffocated. The
writer supposed that the motive had been revenge. He
guessed that the man had been tied securely and then
walled in, brick by brick. The writer also guessed that the
men involved were nobles (like Fortunato and
Montresor)—no one else, he figured, could have gotten
control of a church to perform the gruesome deed.