Essay Comparing The Cask Of Amontillado And Othello

The Cask of Amontillado and Othello share similar antagonist and protagonists. In Othello the antagonist was Iago who is overcome with hate and desire. He is envious of Cassio for getting the position of Lieutenant over him and jealous of the protagonist Othello, because he believed that Othello slept with his wife. Montresor is the protagonist of The Cask of Amontillado because he murdered the protagonist, Fortunato who insulted Montresor before his death. Both protagonist are naive giving the each of antagonist an opportunity to take advantage of that trait which led to Othello and Fortunato downfall.

Iago and Fortunato both share similar features of manipulation, revenge and betrayal. Iago is pure evil and profoundly obnoxious. He even
Keeping in mind the end goal to lead Fortunato to the vaults where the Amontillado as far as anyone knows lies, he states “I am on my way to Luchesi (Lukesi)”, his enemy, to request his recommendation on the wine. Montresor knows about how much joy Fortunato holds in wine sampling and controls his pride. Montresor wears a “mask of black silk” symbolizing his evil, and again shows the persona that he has made keeping in mind the end goal to disguise his actual, controlling character. Montresor picks the carnival season to show his revenge which is generally a happy time and represents freedom. As they move far from the carnival and enter the dark vaults; Fortunato had fallen into Montresor's trap and demonstrates no escape for him. This represents how gullible one can be when they let their emotions get the best of them while failing to see the truth of one’s intentions. On a few events Montresor offers Fortunato an opportunity to leave. In these minutes, we comprehend that Montresor is controlling Fortunato's pride and building a tight trap, though Fortunato again sees just as companionship. The relationship that Montresor faked with Fortunato empowered him to control and fool