Question

select the correct text in the passage. what part of this excerpt from edgar allan poe’s the cask of amontillado uses irony? come, i said, with decision, we will go back; your health is precious. you are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once i was. you are a man to be missed. for me it is no matter. we will go back; you will be ill, and i cannot be responsible. besides, there is luchresi— enough, he said; the cough’s a mere nothing; it will not kill me. i shall not die of a cough. true—true, i replied; and, indeed, i had no intention of alarming you unnecessarily—but you should use all proper caution...

Explanation:

In "The Cask of Amontillado", the narrator (Montresor) is plotting to kill Fortunato. The line "Enough," he said; "the cough's a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough." is ironic because Fortunato is about to be murdered (by being walled up alive) and is oblivious, thinking a cough is the only threat to his life, while the real danger is Montresor's plan. This is dramatic irony as the reader knows Montresor's true intent, and Fortunato does not.

Answer:

"Enough," he said; "the cough's a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough."