Montresor tells Fortunato as they are about to leave the festival, “My friend, no; I will not impose upon your good nature. I perceive you have an engagement. Luchesi-.” “ My friend, no. It is not the engagement, but the severe cold with which I perceive you are afflicted. The vaults are insufferably damp. They are encrusted with niter”(Poe 175). Montresor is feigning his concern for Fortunato’s cold and then talks about bringing Luchesi to taste the Amontillado. This triggers Fortunato's jealousy because he prides himself in his knowledge of wines and because of that he plays into Montresor’s plan. Poe’s irony is unique in “The Cask of Amontillado” because his whole story is filled with them. Verbal and dramatic irony making up most of the irony in the short story. Montresor says all the verbal irony in the story. Montresor and a little of Fortunato play the dramatic irony that the readers read. Poe’s irony makes up the atmosphere of the story and creates the overall
Montresor tells Fortunato as they are about to leave the festival, “My friend, no; I will not impose upon your good nature. I perceive you have an engagement. Luchesi-.” “ My friend, no. It is not the engagement, but the severe cold with which I perceive you are afflicted. The vaults are insufferably damp. They are encrusted with niter”(Poe 175). Montresor is feigning his concern for Fortunato’s cold and then talks about bringing Luchesi to taste the Amontillado. This triggers Fortunato's jealousy because he prides himself in his knowledge of wines and because of that he plays into Montresor’s plan. Poe’s irony is unique in “The Cask of Amontillado” because his whole story is filled with them. Verbal and dramatic irony making up most of the irony in the short story. Montresor says all the verbal irony in the story. Montresor and a little of Fortunato play the dramatic irony that the readers read. Poe’s irony makes up the atmosphere of the story and creates the overall