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Jill

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Cukita

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Montresor

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Mary Maloney

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Rainsford

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Narrator

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Hugo, Andy, customers

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Mami, Papi

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Fortunato

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Patrick Maloney

Jack Noonan

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Whitney, General Zaroff, Ivan

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Mother, Mary Keith, Blondelle Harris, woman at Seaton Elementary, old woman and girl at Walker-Jones Elementary

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Ye Olde Pancake House

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Unnamed American city, 80's-90's

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Carnival, catacombs

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Suburban house, 1950s

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Ship-Trap Island

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New Jersey, in the city, 1950's-60's

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Annoyed

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Admiration

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Spiteful

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Unfeeling

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Cautious

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Reflective/wistful

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Jill: meticulous, careful, cautious

Hugo: naive, incompetent

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Cukita: determined, hardworking

Mami: inventive, compassionate, comforting

Papi: traumatized, cruel, apologetic

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Montresor: deceitful, cunning, intelligent

Fortunato: naive, unaware

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Mary Maloney: caring, compassionate, shocked, maniacal

Patrick Maloney: distant, cold, unfeeling

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Rainsford: cunning, resourceful, wise

Zaroff: mocking, excited, experienced, shocked (at the end)

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Narrator: unaware, curious

Mother: determined, loving, embarrassed

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Jill is the only waitress at Ye Olde Pancake House.

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Cukita needs to write a speech for her school.

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Montresor wants to get revenge on Fortunato for insulting him.

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Patrick has told Mary something that has made her upset.

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A storm on the yacht

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The narrator's mother is struggling to enroll her into a school.

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Allen walks into the restaurant with his parents.

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Papi rips up the speech.

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Montresor chains Fortunato to the wall.

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Mary kills Patrick with the lamb leg.

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Rainsford arrives on Ship-Trap Island.

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When it is revealed that the narrator's mom can't read.

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It is okay to not always be perfect.

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Parents can play an important role in shaping and influencing the lives of their children.

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Revenge has no limits.

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Stereotypes about gender roles can be to one's benefit in specific cases.

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Skill is no match for wit.

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Many people go through immense struggles in order to provide a good life for their kids.

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1st person limited

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1st person limited

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1st person limited

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Third person

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Third person

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1st person innocent eye

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The narrator recounts past experiences to emphasize her perfectionist nature.

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The author chooses to recount some of Mami's inventions/other ideas so we get a better sense of her character.

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The long journey through the catacombs is meant to increase suspense, as we already know that Montresor is planning revenge on Fortunato.

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During the story, the author chooses to not explicitly state what Patrick tells Mary.

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The dialogue between Rainsford and Zaroff is intentionally stretched out for multiple pages in order to build suspense before Zaroff reveals his secret.

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The entire story is a flashback as the author recounts something that happened in the past, saying at the very beginning how it was "long before [he] learned to be ashamed of [his] mother".