In the story the cask of amontillado, consider the line: “my heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so.” what insight into the narrator’s point of view does this line likely provide the reader? cite evidence from the story to support your response.    ~hyper/poe/cask. html

in the line from the end of the story "the cask of the amontillado," by edgar allan poe, the narrator has put the last stone on the wall, thus sentencing fortunato to death. just like that montresor associates his feeling of sickness to the humidity of the catacombs, and seems to be glad he has taken revenge on fortunato. however, montresor's last words are "in pace requiescat," which mean "may he rest in peace." as a result, it can be inferred that he hides or does not want to assume his guilt or remorse for killing fortunato in such a horrible way.

question: what does the author’s first use of the key term illusion suggest about american foreign policy?

answer: the united states could not remain separate.