In "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allen Poe, uses elements of foreshadowing through tone, irony and symbolism to create the essence of suspense and terror to describing the events leading up to Fortunato's death. This is also a way to catch the audience's attention to keep reading the short story. For example, the opening paragraph catches the audience's attention, involving anger and hatred. "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could, but when he venture upon insult, I vowed revenge" (Poe 1). The hatred tone already gives the reader an insight that something is going to happen, but they just don't know what would be in store for the Fortunado. The carnival is such a symbolic piece because it is the first sign of the death of Fortunato. Montresor is dressed in black almost like the grim reaper and Fortunato dressed up as a jester. The carnival is a perfect to lure someone away without being noticed because everyone is dressed up in costume and masks and no one can identify you. Montresor finds pleasure that Fortunato is dressed up as a jester because he can humiliate him when he is about to die. "I was so pleased to see him,that thought I should never have done wringing his hand" (Poe 1). One writer agreed that "Poe begins by describing, in characteristically precise and logical detail, Montresor's (and Poe's) idea of perfect revenge" (Delaney 39). "There were no attendants; they absconded to make merry in honor of the time. I had told that I should not return until the morning and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house" (Poe 2). The quote sets the tone for the rest of the story. The text gives the reader a sense that the narrator, Montresor, is very secretive and deceiving because he tells his servants that he will not be back until the morning. It sets the tone and the first sign of that death is coming up to Fortunado when Montresor hands him his weakness, which is wine. Fortunato