The Cask Of Amontillado Character Analysis

Poe uses costumes to show the readers the characters role and personality in “The Cask of Amontillado”. The costumes bring out the characters personalities in the story. We don’t know if our assumptions are actually because the meaning of the story from the narrator’s point of view and understanding. A person can’t accurately judge a character in a story just because of the way they are dressed. The narrator uses costumes to describe the personality of the character and the role they play. The costumes are appropriate for each role the characters play because they each play a role that gives hints to what the personality is. Fortunato is dressed like a fool in the story and his actions show that he is one. Fortunato’s actions in the story
It may give the reader a feeling that he’s the antagonist because of what he’s doing to Fortunato. In the story, it says, “Thus speaking, Fortunato possessed himself of my arm; and putting on a mask of black silk and drawing a roquelaire closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo.” Fortunato is wearing a mask of black silk, which means he is probably a wealthy man but also sneaky. The narrator makes the readers think negatively about Montresor because of his role and costume in the story. On the other hand, Fortunato could be the antagonist in the story, but we don’t know that because our understanding of “The Cask of Amontillado” could be different from the narrators. Both Montresor and Fortunato play an antagonist role in the story. They both do something that reflects onto their character’s personality. At the beginning of the story Fortunato takes the insults too far with Montresor, which causes him to want revenge. Montresor intoxicates Fortunato to bring him into the vaults for the amontillado knowing they are encrusted with niter. If Fortunato would’ve never taken the insults as far as he did to Montresor this wouldn’t have happened. Although, he might not have meant to, he could’ve been drinking too