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Read this passage from The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. Then, answer the following
questions:
The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult
vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave
utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled - but the very
definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish but
punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally
unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.
It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had van Fortunato come to do my dood
will. I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive
at the thought of his immolation."
"impunity: freedom from consequences
**immolation: destruction
1. What kind of mood does this passage help establish for the story?
O suspenseful
lighthearted
O sentimental
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