Comparing Fortunato's Virtue And Montresor

I decided to discuss Fortunato's costume and Montresor's reply to Fortunato's declaration, "I shall not die of a cough". In the story, Fortunato was dressed basically like a jester which is ironic because of how foolish he really is. He allows himself to get drunk enough to the point that he cannot walk and much less figure out that Montresor is building up a stone wall to block his way out to leave him to die, and all of this is because he wants to drink this wine called Amontillado. I just find this kind of ridiculous, but I do have to applaud Fortunato in trusting his so-called friend. When Fortunato mentions that he will not die from a cough, Montresor replied by saying "True-true." This is ironic because Montresor has essentially led Fortunato