What are five examples of symbolism in "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe and explain what they may represent?

describes
the perfect murder in . No one discovers the body of Fortunato during the lifetime of the
murderer Montresor.  The entire story is a flashback narrated by Montresor looking back on the
crime fifty years later.

It was about dusk, one evening
during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my friend.

Poe was a master in the use of symbolism in his stories. One of the
first symbols employed by Poe is the choice of (1) settings for the
story.  The "supreme madness of carnival season" represents a jovial
time. The carnival provides Montresor the opportunity to entice Fortunato to go with him to look
at the wine.

As the story progresses, the action moves to the catacombs under
the city or underground graveyard. Dead bodies abound. As the characters journey through the
catacomb, Fortunato moves from freedom to imprisonment.

Another symbol comes
from the (2) title of the story .  The cask of amontillado is the
ruse that...