Select the choice which best identifies the given passage from "the cask of amontillado."

"i continued, as was my wont [habit] to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation [becoming the victim]."

irony/sarcasm

setting

characterization

tragic resolution

select the choice which best identifies the given passage from "the cask of amontillado."

"the thousand injuries [insults] of fortunato i had borne as i best could, but when he ventured upon insult i vowed revenge.