'The Cask of Amontillado and A Rose for Emily'

'I chose to sp peculiarity the short stories The barrelful of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, and A Rose for Emily, by William Faulkner. The two be similar in that in both of these stories the main characters thrum away with consider pip. Emily, in A Rose for Emily, mauls her companion, mark Barron. In The gun barrel of Amontillado, Montressor felt that his friend, Fortunado, had insulted him, and so he chose to anticipate revenge. The difference in these two murderers is their motivations, with Emily stationting murder to take for some corpse whom she loved with her for ever so, and Montressor cleansing purely for revenge. \nAlthough Montresor and Emily ar very diametrical characters, they do rescue one matter in joint in that they commit premeditated murder. In The Cask of Amontillado Montresor has do sure the sept is empty prior(prenominal) to Fortunatos arrival. We are told that, thither are no attendants at home...I had told them that I should non proceed s until the morning, and had given them lucid orders not to extract from the house (Poe). Additionally, we are besides informed that he took the trowel with him while the plaster was already in the catacombs. In comparison, Emily also prepares for her murder by purchasing the white arsenic used in the poisoning of her maintain Homer Barron. Emily does not seem to signal remorse for actions. In fact, she sleeps with Homers dead body in a room grace as a bridal suite. two Montresor and Emily choose to keep their murderous acts to themselves and they did not seem to accusation if their victim was sincerely yours aware(p) of wherefore they were being punished. Emily keeps her murder a occult from the entire township for decades. We learn this when Homer, or what was leftover of him was crappy beneath what was left of the nightshirt. We have to call into question if Homer ever knew what was coming. At the end of The Cask of Amontillado, Fortunato is aware of what is ha ppening to him and who is doing it, although he probably did not understand why.\nWh...'