Montresor Madness
Mrs. Watts
English 102
14 November 2013
Deep in the Catacombs Edgar Allan Poe is known for his captivating short stories that draw in readers. Mcgrath wrote, “In his tales of Gothic horror, Edgar Allan Poe gave the world a fine collection of neurotics, paranoids and psychopaths. But none are quite as deranged as the narrator of ‘The Cask of Amontillado’” (Method to Madness—need quotation marks in here). “The Cast of Amontillado” is a short story that takes place during the carnival season. The main character Montresor is seeking out revenge on his friend Fortunato. The setting of the story is gloomy and begins right after dusk. Montresor is an unpredictable character; he gives Fortunato hints to his death and he uses irrational thinking to lure in Fortunato, without letting him know that he wants revenge. Montresor is an unpredictable character because he only tells people what he wants them to know—underlined T.S.? . Montresor is the narrator of the story, and he opens the story by uttering a threat. Montresor speaks, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge (Poe 739). Mcgrath …show more content…
Montresor’s smile was a dead giveaway to his sinister ways. Montresor speaks, “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” (Poe 739). He spoke as though killing a person was a good deed and that he could barely wait to get an award for doing so. Montresor asks Fortunato to hurry him to his palazzo when Fortunato grabs Montresor’s arm (Poe 740). Throughout the entire episode it’s planning, its execution, and its confession, Monsieur Montresor made self-conscious use of cunning, plotting, and irony to wreak his revenge (Cooney 69). It is ironic how Fortunato dies in the ending because death could have been avoided. SSE RO in
English 102
14 November 2013
Deep in the Catacombs Edgar Allan Poe is known for his captivating short stories that draw in readers. Mcgrath wrote, “In his tales of Gothic horror, Edgar Allan Poe gave the world a fine collection of neurotics, paranoids and psychopaths. But none are quite as deranged as the narrator of ‘The Cask of Amontillado’” (Method to Madness—need quotation marks in here). “The Cast of Amontillado” is a short story that takes place during the carnival season. The main character Montresor is seeking out revenge on his friend Fortunato. The setting of the story is gloomy and begins right after dusk. Montresor is an unpredictable character; he gives Fortunato hints to his death and he uses irrational thinking to lure in Fortunato, without letting him know that he wants revenge. Montresor is an unpredictable character because he only tells people what he wants them to know—underlined T.S.? . Montresor is the narrator of the story, and he opens the story by uttering a threat. Montresor speaks, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge (Poe 739). Mcgrath …show more content…
Montresor’s smile was a dead giveaway to his sinister ways. Montresor speaks, “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” (Poe 739). He spoke as though killing a person was a good deed and that he could barely wait to get an award for doing so. Montresor asks Fortunato to hurry him to his palazzo when Fortunato grabs Montresor’s arm (Poe 740). Throughout the entire episode it’s planning, its execution, and its confession, Monsieur Montresor made self-conscious use of cunning, plotting, and irony to wreak his revenge (Cooney 69). It is ironic how Fortunato dies in the ending because death could have been avoided. SSE RO in