Here are some steps you can take:

How does the author want the reader to feel while reading “The Cask of Amontillado”? I feel as though Edgar Allan Poe wants the readers to feel a sense of suspense and weariness. The author also uses terms such as “damp”, “cold”, “cautious”, and “afflicted” to make the setting and mood seem dark and suspenseful.

What motivates both Fortunato and the narrator? Fortunato is driven to check out the Amontillado because he wants to show off that he knows more about wine than Luchesi. The narrator is exacting revenge because his pride has been wounded.

A setting can be a real time period and geographical location or a fictional world and unfamiliar time period. Setting also includes the physical landscape, climate, weather, and the societal and cultural surroundings that serve as a backdrop for the action. Setting is revealed through the exposition of a story.

Progressive steps to help you write that perfect scene:

• Identify Its Purpose. Here’s where too many writers flounder.
• Identify the High Moment.
• Emphasize Conflict: Inner and Outer.
• Accentuate Character Change.
• Determine POV.
• Leave Out Boring Stuff.
• Perfect Beginnings and Endings.
• Inject Texture and Sensory Details.

1. Read the story and mark references to setting.
2. Think about what the story is about.
3. Look through your setting notes and see if they fall into any pattern.
4. Determine how the setting relates to either the main point of the story (step 2) or to some part of it.

English Language Learners Definition of setting : the place and conditions in which something happens or exists. : the time, place, and conditions in which the action of a book, movie, etc., takes place. US : the rooms, painted backgrounds, furniture, etc., that are used for a scene in a movie or play.