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Pride Can Be a Fatal Trait
Title: Pride Can Be a Fatal Trait
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 569 | Pages: 2.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Pride Can Be a Fatal Trait
Pride Can Be a Fatal Trait
Sometimes a person¹s pride can overshadow their good judgment, in turn effecting their actions. The result of this over zealous pride can mean death for the person. In Edgar Allen Poe¹s ³The Cask of Amontillado², Fortunato is a prime example. Through his own desire to show his skill as a wine connoisseur, he causes his own demise.
Fortunato¹s pride becomes evident when he and Montresor first …showed first 75 words of 569 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 569 total…result of this over zealous pride can mean death for the person. In Edgar Allen Poe¹s ³The Cask of Amontillado,² Fortunato is a prime example. His great desire to taste the Amontillado and pride from being better than Luchesi cause him to make some choices that he wouldn¹t normally make. He falls right into the trap set by Montresor. So it ends that Montresor kills Fortunato by wielding against him his own pride.
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