Cask of Amontillado
Erin Brandon
December 7, 2012
Mr. Petersen
“Cask of Amontillado”: Character Analysis Paper
“The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could; but when he ventured upon, I vowed revenge.” Montresor has felt that he has been insulted by Fortunato and he seeks revenge upon him. Since Montresor is seeking revenge Fortunato has to watch out, but that may be hard because throughout the story Fortunato is gullible, full of pride, and is an alcoholic.
Fortunato is gullible when he doesn’t think anything of going down to the vaults with Montresor. “Come, let us go.” Fortunato tells him lets go and goes down into the vaults. He is not thinking very smart because he is drunk, and so he doesn’t think anything of it. “Let us go, nevertheless. The cold is merely nothing. Amontillado! You have been imposed upon. And as for Luchesi, he cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado.” He doesn’t care that he is sick he says lets go. He doesn’t want Montresor to think that Luchesi is better than him in any way. Overall, Fortunato is too gullible because he is insisting to go down.
He is too full pride and he thinks he is better than everyone else. “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry.” He is saying that Luchesi can’t tell the two wines apart and that he is better than him. Fortunate is saying that he would rather go then for Montresor to call Luchesi. “He is an ignoramus,” says Fortunato. He doesn’t want to hear Montresor talk about Luchesi because he finds it insulting. He feels that he is better than that and Luchesi is nothing to him. Finally, Fortunato is too full of pride because whenever Luchesi is brought up he interrupts and starts talking about himself.
“I drink,” Fortunato says “to the buried that repose around us.” Fortunato is an alcoholic because throughout this whole story he is a drunken mess. He keeps drinking and stumbles around. Montresor tells him “Drink,” handing him a bottle. So Montresor is encouraging him getting drunk. Fortunato
December 7, 2012
Mr. Petersen
“Cask of Amontillado”: Character Analysis Paper
“The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could; but when he ventured upon, I vowed revenge.” Montresor has felt that he has been insulted by Fortunato and he seeks revenge upon him. Since Montresor is seeking revenge Fortunato has to watch out, but that may be hard because throughout the story Fortunato is gullible, full of pride, and is an alcoholic.
Fortunato is gullible when he doesn’t think anything of going down to the vaults with Montresor. “Come, let us go.” Fortunato tells him lets go and goes down into the vaults. He is not thinking very smart because he is drunk, and so he doesn’t think anything of it. “Let us go, nevertheless. The cold is merely nothing. Amontillado! You have been imposed upon. And as for Luchesi, he cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado.” He doesn’t care that he is sick he says lets go. He doesn’t want Montresor to think that Luchesi is better than him in any way. Overall, Fortunato is too gullible because he is insisting to go down.
He is too full pride and he thinks he is better than everyone else. “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry.” He is saying that Luchesi can’t tell the two wines apart and that he is better than him. Fortunate is saying that he would rather go then for Montresor to call Luchesi. “He is an ignoramus,” says Fortunato. He doesn’t want to hear Montresor talk about Luchesi because he finds it insulting. He feels that he is better than that and Luchesi is nothing to him. Finally, Fortunato is too full of pride because whenever Luchesi is brought up he interrupts and starts talking about himself.
“I drink,” Fortunato says “to the buried that repose around us.” Fortunato is an alcoholic because throughout this whole story he is a drunken mess. He keeps drinking and stumbles around. Montresor tells him “Drink,” handing him a bottle. So Montresor is encouraging him getting drunk. Fortunato