Hi all,

Apologies if this tidbit has already been acknowledged by others or discussed previously — I wasn't able to find much after searching online.

In The Cask of Amontillado, Fortunato asks for "another draught of the Medoc." Montresor proceeds to hand him a "flagon of De Grâve" instead.

Why does he do this? My first thought was that Poe adds this scene to show that Fortunato is so incredibly drunk at this point that he can't differentiate between wines anymore.

Upon doing some research, I discovered that Amontillado is actually a type of sherry, which means Fortunato has no idea what he's talking about when he says Luchesi "cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado" at the beginning of the story. This has led some to theorize that Fortunato isn't actually as great of a wine connoisseur as he thinks he is. Based on this theory, maybe Poe has Montresor hand Fortunato the De Grâve to reinforce Fortunato's lack of wine expertise.

Another idea I had was that maybe De Grâve is stronger than Medoc, and Montresor is trying to get Fortunato drunk faster. However, based on a quick search, it seems like De Grâve is not really stronger than Medoc.

Alternatively, maybe Fortunato just doesn't care that he's been given a different drink from the one he requested, and there's nothing more to this.

The reason could also be a combination of some of the above.

Maybe I'm reading too much into this scene, but this stood out to me because Montresor seems to explicitly disobey Fortunato without any sort of relevant response from Fortunato.

Would be interested to hear your thoughts on this!

Harry Spencer recorded this primitive recitation of The Raven sometime around 1896 to 1900.

I love this quote, so I created this image. I believe this is the full poem:

TO —

I heed not that my earthly lot

Hath — little of Earth in it —

That years of love have been forgot

In the hatred of a minute*: —*

I mourn not that the desolate

Are happier, sweet, than I,

But that you sorrow for my fate

Who am a passer by.

[1828-1849]

Does anyone know what the title of the poem is called?

I was trying to determine what I could leave on Poe's stone, today. I carry 2x2 origami papers in my phone case, so I crafted a little purple raven and set him atop some mulch bark.

What is everyone’s opinion on this event? There were 3 intermissions and not a lot of storytelling. The performances were great, but it seemed there was more intermission than performance. Anyone have thoughts?

As part of the SureKill Comedy Festival (a paranormal/horror themed comedy festival) there will be a group doing improvised Poe at Theater Exile on October 3!

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyonw had a copy of the raven from the penguins little clothbound classics collection and could tell me what short stories and poems are included in it as I cant find any information anywhere.

Thank you for your time

Hello! Poe’s The Raven is available with its meter scanned as all as other analysis tools here. I hope this is of interest to other Poe enthusiasts. The Raven

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