Considering that he is the only source that we have, we must suppose he is being unreliable. To justify his actions through his words. Montresor was dedicated to his own point of view, which is cruel, vicious, shrewd, and bitter. Montresor doesn’t mind telling us about his torture and murder of Fortunato he thinks what he did was the right way to handle the situation.…
To start with, Montresor had two rules on how to get the perfect revenge. Montresor says that, "I must not only punish, but punish with impunity," and to let Fortunado know why he was getting revenge (228). While Montresor was trying to get revenge, he could not get caugh by anyone. He did not want people to be suspicious about what he was doing. So Montresor planned it out so well that he would be able to get away with it. For Montresor's second rule he was suppose to let Fortunado know why he was getting revenge. To Understand each rule and know why Montresor did not get a perfect revenge the reader will have to keep reading.…
The narrator is telling this story many years after the actual murder of Fortunato. Poe does not give any explanation on why Montresor postponed sharing the story. One theory is that Montresor realized he killed Fortunato in vain. This implication…
“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.…
Moctezuma I (c. 1398–1469), also known as Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina, Huehuemotecuhzoma or Montezuma I (Classical Nahuatl: Motēuczōma Ilhuicamīna [moteːkʷˈsoːma ilwikaˈmiːna], Classical Nahuatl: Huēhuemotēuczōma [weːwemoteːkʷˈsoːma]), was the fifth Aztec emperor and king of Tenochtitlan. During his reign the Aztec Empire was consolidated, major expansion was undertaken and Tenochtitlan started becoming the dominant partner of the Aztec Triple Alliance.…
Due to the fact that Montresor is crazy he is able to plot a big revenge on Fortunato. Montresor is aware of what he is doing which makes it all the more crazy."I ceased my labors and sat upon the bones(P.4,Li.2-4). This shows that Montresor is crazy because he wants to hear his friend suffer basically crying in his last breathes. It is easy to see that Montresor is not very stable in his own mind.…
To begin with, Montresor is an unreliable narrator. I think this because in the beginning of the story,(174) Montresor does not give any background or evidence of being insulted by Fortunato. The texts says, “ The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could...” Usually, when you are blaming someone that has done wrong to you, you would give a background, or evidence that they are in the wrong. My reason number two is that Montresor exaggerates his feelings and actions in the story, which is also why I believe he is bragging about his crime. “There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honor of the time...I well knew, to ensure their immediate disappearance, one and all, as soon as my back was turned.” (176) Here is a perfect example of Montresor's bragging. He's basically saying that, he the best of the best, the head chief, and everyone knows when he says to do something, they do it.…
Due to the revenge that arises from jealousy and pride, the Montresor, the protagonist, is so deeply involved in his thoughts of revenge from Fortunato, he does not even state why he seeks out revenge and the motive behind it. Pride, jealousy and the concept of killing someone go back to the time when people first came around. In the article, by Renee, she states when thoughts of revenge are developed in a person’s mind, it causes him to go insane and there is no time for second thoughts (1). The very first sentence from the story is “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge,” this clearly depicts the major theme of the story, enrooted in Montresor’s mind (DiYanni…
in a certain way, fortunato may have deserved some type of punishment for the continuous insults that he heaped upon montresor. whether that is true or not, montresor saw it that way. becuase of the various breaches of etiquette performed by fortunato, along with montresors background, it is clear that montresor did not later disagree with his decision to kill fortunato. even though by many standards, he was in the wrong, montresor felt justified through himself and his family. because of this, he will never show remorse for his…
Still, it also is a complex situation open to individual interpretation. Montresor plan of murder is motivated by a number of insults which are never mention in the story. However, the constantly indication of his family to be involved on the conflict may well take the reader to believe on a possible payback for some past encounter between families of society and power. The narrator’s tone when describing Fortunato, is a held feeling of likely envy, “You are rich, respected, admired, beloved, you are happy, as once I was.” Montresor sees on Fortunato, what he proclaims had once and misses at the moment. Therefore, Montresor reliability is to be…
The narrator Montresor is sane because he was able to plan out the murder, and have everything premeditated. When he takes Fortunato to his catacombs he makes sure he keeps drinking by making up excuses, he says,"True--true," I replied; "and, indeed, I had no intention of alarming you unnecessarily--but you should use all proper caution. A draught of this Medoc will defend us from the damps."(Poe 214). This demonstrates Montresor’s…
"The thousand injuries at the hands of Fortunato I had borne as best I could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge" (Poe, 173). Montresor is so convinced of the righteousness of his convictions that he "must not only punish but punish with impunity" (Poe, 173). Montresor also states how he must not fail to "make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong" (Poe, 173). Montresor's words prove how his prideful obsessions have deluded his mind enough to believe that Fortunato's wrongs justify his agonizing death. Furthermore, Montresor believes he should go unpunished for his…
He says in the first few lines: “At length I would be avenged. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity” (p.1). The whole murder is arranged in details, he tells his servants to take a day off, so that no one can see him going to the vaults with Fortunato. Knowing about his connoisseurship in wine, Montresor skillfully makes Fortunato eager to go with him, claiming that he has rare and precious Amontillado. When he found Fortunato, Montresor says: “I was silly enough to pay the full Amontillado price without consulting you in the matter” (p.1) and then cleverly says: “As you are engaged, I’m on my way to Luchesi. If any one has a critical turn, it is he. He will tell me--” (p.1). Montresor takes advantage of Fortunato’s pride. Acting naturally, he gives no reason for anybody, including Fortunato, to suspect him to be mad or to have bad will. At the beginning, Montresor says: “It must be understood that neither by word or deed I had given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will” (p.1). During the fifty years of keeping his secret to himself, no one considers him mad and he reveals the truth only before his death by saying: “You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave utterance to the threat” (p.1). Most of the time, he behaves as a normal…
Montresor is a character that let his anger get out of hand which led it to control his life causing him to spend his time trying to find a way to get impunic revenge. Montresor kicked off his duplicitous plan of retribution by greeting Fortunato with gratitude. “I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile NOW was at the thought of his immolation” (1). By Montresor smiling it created an…
Montresor’s disruption in the story was due to the insult upon his name and family honor by his friend Fortunato. Fortunato used to pick on Montresor all the time. Infect Montresor said” The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could.” (Poe, 37)One example of these injuries is when Fortunato said to Montresor that he is not a Mason. Montresor never saw these injuries as a big issue. When Fortunat insulted Montresor’s family honor, Montresor got very upset, “but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge”(Poe, 37). This shows Montresor’s anger .…