How Does Montresor Get Revenge
Corey Carson
Mr. Mims
Eng 102
Due 2/3/12
The sweet taste of revenge
Revenge is not always as sweet as it is cracked up to be. In Edgar Allan Poe's short story “The Cask of Amontillado” one of the main characters, Montresor schemes to get revenge on the other main character in this story, Fortunato. According to Montresor, in order for him to be happy with the way he gets revenge he must meet two conditions. Montresor states, “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is undressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.” ( Poe. 618 ) In other words, Montresor must get his revenge without being caught by anyone, but also in such a way that the person against whom the revenge is …show more content…
First, Montresor states that he does not want to be caught by anyone. We know that this condition was met because the narrator says, “There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honor of the time. I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house.” ( Poe. 619 ) This was an important condition to be met because if Montresor did not tell the attendants of the house not to stir from the house his plan to lure Fortunato down through the catacombs to his death would have been …show more content…
The reason why Montresor did not fully succeed is because Fortunato was not fully aware of why he was being punished. When Montresor first met up with his old friend Fortunato he was already heavily intoxicated and wearing motley. Montresor took advantage of Fortunato's weakness by easily tricking him into his trap by appealing to the thing that Fortunato knows most, wine. Montresor's biggest failure was that Fortunato did not really understand why he was being punished. Montresor got a small response from Fortunato but it was not the response he needed to hear in order to know that Fortunato understood why he was being punished for what he had done. In fact, Fortunato actually believed that it was a joke that was being played on him. As Montresor started to walk away he heard Fortunato cry out, “For the love of God, Montresor!” and he replied “Yes, For the love of God!” ( Poe. 623 ) Montresor obviously was not satisfied with that one last cry. Montressor was waiting for something more such as Fortunato begging for his life or begging for forgiveness for whatever he did to
Mr. Mims
Eng 102
Due 2/3/12
The sweet taste of revenge
Revenge is not always as sweet as it is cracked up to be. In Edgar Allan Poe's short story “The Cask of Amontillado” one of the main characters, Montresor schemes to get revenge on the other main character in this story, Fortunato. According to Montresor, in order for him to be happy with the way he gets revenge he must meet two conditions. Montresor states, “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is undressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.” ( Poe. 618 ) In other words, Montresor must get his revenge without being caught by anyone, but also in such a way that the person against whom the revenge is …show more content…
First, Montresor states that he does not want to be caught by anyone. We know that this condition was met because the narrator says, “There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honor of the time. I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house.” ( Poe. 619 ) This was an important condition to be met because if Montresor did not tell the attendants of the house not to stir from the house his plan to lure Fortunato down through the catacombs to his death would have been …show more content…
The reason why Montresor did not fully succeed is because Fortunato was not fully aware of why he was being punished. When Montresor first met up with his old friend Fortunato he was already heavily intoxicated and wearing motley. Montresor took advantage of Fortunato's weakness by easily tricking him into his trap by appealing to the thing that Fortunato knows most, wine. Montresor's biggest failure was that Fortunato did not really understand why he was being punished. Montresor got a small response from Fortunato but it was not the response he needed to hear in order to know that Fortunato understood why he was being punished for what he had done. In fact, Fortunato actually believed that it was a joke that was being played on him. As Montresor started to walk away he heard Fortunato cry out, “For the love of God, Montresor!” and he replied “Yes, For the love of God!” ( Poe. 623 ) Montresor obviously was not satisfied with that one last cry. Montressor was waiting for something more such as Fortunato begging for his life or begging for forgiveness for whatever he did to