The story “The Cask of Amontillado” contains various types of ironies, such as: verbal, situational and dramatic. These types of ironies are defined as follows :Irony is the difference between what is said what is implied, verbal irony, between what is expected to happen and what happens or what appear to be and what is, situational irony, and between what one knows and what one does not know, dramatic irony. The characters in the “The …showed first 75 words of 932 total…

…showed last 75 words of 932 total…even though the ending is disclosed to the reader in the first few lines. The verbal, situational and dr amatic irony used in the story are of essence to the plot as well as to the understanding of the foreshadowed ending to the story, because even though the ending was drastically over foreshadowed by these ironies, the reader still seems to have some shock or ill feeling at the conclusion of the story. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**