The Cask Of Amonitillado Essay

Revenge seems to be a haunting thing that eats away at someone’s mind. And that person only gets sweet release when and only when they get that revenge on who is haunting them. Revenge seems to make people go mad if not avenged and this only seems to haunt the weak-willed. And the only people who act upon revenge is those not in their right mind. For example in “The Cask of Amonitillado” the narrator gives no exact reason of why he thinks he deserves revenge on Fortunato. The narrator is also show to have something wrong with his state of mind playing little mind games with Fortunato along the way to the catacombs. “The Cask of Amonitillado” is a great example of a revenge story but why the narrator deserves this revenge is not clear. The atmosphere of the story gives of a very dark and sad place already portraying the crazy and sad world the narrator lives in. And the narrator believes that he has the right to revenge himself from Fortunato. While the narrator is luring Fortunato into the catacombs he plays mind games and play on words to
Fortunato to make him want to prove to the narrator that he is strong enough and willing enough to get the wine. This show that the narrator believes in some way that he will not get his revenge if he doesn’t keep luring Fortunato into the catacombs. Which shows that the narrator is paranoid and crazy to want revenge this bad. The narrator of “The Cask of Amonitillado” is finely granted his wish and get revenge of Fortunato he buries him alive and the narrator gets away with the murder of Fortunato. While the narrator gets his revenge he still seems to not be in the right state of mind. In “The Tell-tale heart” this narrator also wants revenge but not on a person but on the persons eyes. Which also indicates that this person is also crazy. It’s clearly not the traditional revenge story. The narrator says he loves the old man but hates his vulture eye. It seems to not be revenge just a lack of sanity. The narrator is in many aspect crazy, but he says the old man treats him very well. The narrator seems to not be looking for revenge, but more a relises from his craziness. In the short story of “The Shot” Silvio is a very mysterious person.
That is a great shot with a gun. Silvio is a very vengeful person is what I got from his life before the little town where going to the post office is the adventure of the day. Silvio tells the narrator one day why he hasn’t gotten vengeance on any of the people that has wronged him in that town. Only because he is waiting to get his revenge on the Count. The perfect man that was all that Silvio was not. Silvio wanting revenge for something the Count did while they were in the army wanted to duel the Count. The Count obliged and Silvio saw that the Count was as a perfect shot as he was. So Silvio wanted to take his revenge at a time were the Count had everything to lose and nothing to gain. This was a very smart way to put fear into whoever your dueling. Silvio wanted to see the horror in the counts face while he showed up at his house and asked for a
duel. Silvio new this was the perfect time to gather all his guns and go get his revenge on the Count. Silvio was granted all his wishes the Count had horror all over his face. But the Count granted his wish and wanted to start the duel before his wife came home. The Count shot and missed Silvio completely and Silvio saw that his revenge was not necessary. The Counts wife pleaded with Silvio not to kill her husband. And Sivio granted her wish and left but before leaving wanting to put terror into them shot right at the same spot the Count did saying I could have killed you. Silvio is granted everything he hoped for except his revenge because he choose to linger on his revenge rather to grant it.