Montresor And Fortunato Similarities

Throughout time man has learned how to rip away the pride of themselves and of others. In Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" Montresor tells the reader about the injuries that were set out by Fortunato. The story begins when Montresor and Fortunato were at a party. With their costumes on Montresor lures Fortunato into the catacombs. With all of the cluelessness that Fortunato has, Montresor begins to chain Fortunato to a wall while he moans and groans then buries him alive. Fortunato makes himself an easy target to Montresor by getting drunk. Due to the fact the Fortunato is drunk he does not realize what Montresor is doing when he chains him to a cold brick that is chill to the touch. Montresor them begins to build a casket around
him made out of the stone cold brick. Before planning to kill Fortunato, Montresor needed to come up with a plan to lure Fortunato into the catacombs, this shows how sly of man Montresor is for actually making the gruesome murder of Fortunato possible. "Taunting Fortunato with an offer to leave, Montresor begins to build the wall around Fortunato."(p. 8, li. 40-42). This indicates that Montresor is crazy, and manipulative because Fortunato is not putting up a fight to try and stop him. It is clear from this situation that is Montresor's horrific plan worked. Based on his actions, it is clear that Montresor was able to go undetected into the catacombs, soon after the party where they are in costume to murder Fortunato. Due to the fact that they are in costume no one will know their true identity. "He fits the last stone in place and plasters the wall, his actions accompanied by the jingling of Fortunatos bells."(p. 10, li. 55-65). This indicates that Fortunato was still wearing his costume. It is clear from this situation that Montresors plan to kill Fortunato was to take him from the party instead of kidnap him. Looking at how Fortunato acts when Montresor is trying to kill him we can infer that at that moment Fortunato has excepted his death and does not put up a fight. The fact that at first Fortunato thinks it is a joke reveals to the reader that Fortunato does not take anything seriously. "Fortunato laughs as if Montresor is playing a joke on him, but he is not."(p. 10, li. 36-40). Also, the fact that he is wearing his joker costume shows that he does not believe that his good friend would do anything to jeopardize his life. It is clear from this situation that the trust between them is strong until the last brick. As we can see from the textual evidence, Montresor is a good planner, very manipulative, and delirious allowing him to easily commit the murder. Montresor picked the right time when Fortunato was drunk to follow through with his plan. Montresor's actions show the reader that he is easily able to commit such a horrific crime. Fortunato has no clue what is happening and does not fight Montresor at all because he thought they were close friends, this shows how how clueless and drunk was. Hopefully, people will learn to not be too treating at the start of a new relationship and realize that they may not know someone as well as they thought.