Use these links to supplement and complement students’ reading of the work and to increase their overall enjoyment of literature. Challenge them to discern parallel themes, engage through visual and aural stimuli, and delve deeper into the thematic possibilities presented by the title.

Recommended Texts for Pairing

“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe

• Poe’s classic short story of Rivalry and Revenge
• “The Cask of Amontillado” on SuperSummary

Macbeth (Shakespeare Classics Graphic Novels) by Gareth Hinds

• graphic novel version of Shakespeare’s classic play about military Rivalries and Macbeth’s Ambition and Treason
• Macbeth on SuperSummary

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

• a classic adventure story about Rivalries, betrayal, and Revenge
• The Count of Monte Cristo on SuperSummary

Other Student Resources

“Benedict Arnold: The Revolutionary War in Four Minutes”

• 5-minute video on Arnold from the American Battlefield Trust
• Compare this video’s treatment of Arnold’s story and of Ambition and Rivalry with that in The Notorious Benedict Arnold.

“Was Benedict Arnold a Traitor or a Hapless Pawn?”

• 4-minute video about Arnold from the Smithsonian Channel
• explores Peggy Arnold’s role in the conspiracy

“Would You Have Joined the American Revolution?”