Question

He raised it to his lips with a leer. He paused and nodded to me familiarly, while his bells jingled.

"I drink," he said "to the buried that repose around us."
"And I to your long life."

The literary element best illustrated in this passage from "Cask of Amontillado' is
A. conflict
B. symbolism
C. irony
D. characterization

Answer 1

The answer is c that you need

Answer 2

Hey there!

The correct answer would be choice C. irony.

The reason for this choice would be because in the story, Fortunato ends up being killed by the narrator, making it ironic that the narrator would say something about Fortunato's "long life".

Hope this helps!