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“The Cask of Amontillado” is set during the carnival season. How does this contribute to a central message?

There is a heightened sense of excitement in the air.
There is a great deal of activity.
People lose their fear of doing things that might be wrong or inappropriate.
Many people have traveled to participate in the carnival.

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The answer is that there is a heightened sense of excitement. This contributes to the central message because this heightened sense of excitement could mean that some are more subject to falling into sin than others, as we see with Montresor.
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Answer:

It contributes to the central idea because it help understand and answers questions like why is their excitement in the air or what is the setting of the story.

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Then again I could be wrong so if their is another answer choose that one over this one.

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