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The Cask of Amontillado The Necklace by Guy De
By Edgar Allan Poe Maupassant

MARXISM
FEMINISM

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe and The Nacklace by Guy de Maupassant
are example of world literature. Upon reading the story, several literary criticism can be found
such as Moralism, Feminism, and Sociological. 

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. Fortunato doesn't realize what he is doing.
So that, the moral lesson there is We should always be very careful about how we treat others.
It is very easy to offend another person inadvertently, and a single offense by word, or act, or
even a look, can damage a relationship irreparably. Other people are just as sensitive as we
are. But then,  The main focus of this story is on revenge.  Montresor is getting revenge against
Fortunato for the injuries. However, Montresor speaking 50 years later and still showing cold
anger at this man. Therefore, the another moral lesson of the story is the revenge is wrong.  The
reasons for the revenge might not be enough and fulfilling to warrant what is being done to the
victim. Revenge is useless because it does not help you to feel any better. The Necklace by
Guy de Maupassant is a short story about a girl who imagines herself a princess. Feeling she
deserves the best, Mathilde Loisel pines over the best dresses and jewelry. Mathilde asked her
husband to give a money to buy a dress and she borrowed a necklace from her friend. Her
happiness at being allowed to take the necklace indicates her ignorance of its true value.
Mathilde covets what others have and dreams of what might have been. A woman who takes
these stories to heart may never value her own cleverness and mettle.

 Marxism can be apply to the story of The Cask of Amontillado and The Necklace.  For
The Cask of Amontillado, Poe uses the vengeful and retaliatory nature of Montresor as a
symbol of a real world upper-class that will fight in order to keep the power and status in which
they are accustomed from slipping into the hands of the rising middle-class that will cause the
upper-class’s inevitable downfall. While for The Necklace, Mathilde and her husband are clearly
set as either low middle class or poor in the economic standpoint of society. They are known to
be the proletariat characters, because they are controlled by the upper classes and gain their
wealth only from what they earn by working. It is clear that Mathilde only wants to be wealthy so
she can be higher up in social standings to compete with other people.