The Cask of Amontillado

Author: cdelling

If we were to look at Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado", through the lens of Buckingham's Media Education, and delivered through a medium such as youtube, we would find that myriad opportunities to critique said story and medium, arise. For instance, in the video I've chosen to embed in this post, we can critique the speaker's delivery, his cadence, and even his facial expressions. We can examine the producer's motivation for utilizing a single voice actor, as opposed to two. And we can also examine the rationale behind using a voice actor in the first place. Why was this story not acted out with props? Why does he speak by candlelight?


In this way, students not only get a proper introduction to one of Poe's finest works, they also get a look into a particular form of media. The lesson, thus, serves two purposes: to teach students about the literary techniques employed in Poe's short story, and to show students that this is but one interpretation, through but one medium.


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