Category: Revenge

The Cask of Amontillado and The Count of Monte Cristo both have various ways to show how the theme of revenge is betrayed in the text. In the short story The Cask of Amontillado, Poe starts off by showing us how our protagonist, Montressor acts post betrayal. In the book The Count of Monte Cristo,…

Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter primarily centers around the deed of sinning, and the effect it has on those surrounding. Initially, we are presented with Hester Prynne, a young woman who essentially commits the immoral act of adultery. Consequently, those associated with this act of sin ultimately are further consumed by immorality than…