Worksheet
Short Story Analysis Worksheet
Title of short story The cask of Amontillado
Author’s Name Edgar Allan Poe
Year of Publication 1846
Physical: Place & Time Place: Paris, The catacombs
(include clues which help Time: During a carnival
you determine this)
Setting
Social Context
(include clues which help
you determine this)
Characters & character Montesor (Narrator):
type Fortunato:
(Round/flat Luchesi:
/static/dynamic/
stereotypical/anti-hero/etc.
Main character
Direct characterizations
(Which direct
characterizations can you
locate in the story?)
Indirect characterizations
(Which indirect
characterizations can you
locate in the story?)
Plot (max. 10 sentences) Exposition:
Indicate the five stages of Inciting incident:
Freytag’s pyramid in the plot of
Rising action:
this story. If stages are missing,
Climax:
list this. Keep in mind Plot (cont.)
that some stages may be in a Falling action:
different order, be missing, or be Resolution:
present more than once.
Short Story Analysis Worksheet
Title of short story The cask of Amontillado
Author’s Name Edgar Allan Poe
Year of Publication 1846
Physical: Place & Time Place: Paris, The catacombs
(include clues which help Time: During a carnival
you determine this)
Setting
Social Context
(include clues which help
you determine this)
Characters & character Montesor (Narrator):
type Fortunato:
(Round/flat Luchesi:
/static/dynamic/
stereotypical/anti-hero/etc.
Main character
Direct characterizations
(Which direct
characterizations can you
locate in the story?)
Indirect characterizations
(Which indirect
characterizations can you
locate in the story?)
Plot (max. 10 sentences) Exposition:
Indicate the five stages of Inciting incident:
Freytag’s pyramid in the plot of
Rising action:
this story. If stages are missing,
Climax:
list this. Keep in mind Plot (cont.)
that some stages may be in a Falling action:
different order, be missing, or be Resolution:
present more than once.
