Problem
Part of our class discussions of fiction have revolved around epiphanies, or "moments of awakening", which take place in stories and have varied effects on the main characters. Choose two characters from two different stories we've read and answer/explain the following:
• Describe in detail the characters' epiphanies.
• Explain how this moment affects and/or changes the character.
• What might be the author's message about these moments and how people should or shouldn't react?
The two characters I have chose are the Old Man in "The Tell- Tale Heat" and Montressor in "The Cask of Amontillado " by Edgar Allan Poe.