The Cask Of Amontillado Literary Analysis

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" is narrated from the first-person perspective of Montresor, a deceitful schemer who leads Fortunato into a system of catacombs in Italy. From the very beginning of the story, the reader doubts Montresor's credibility as a narrator when he claims to have suffered "the thousand injuries of Fortunato" (Poe 174) without actually explaining what Fortunato has ever done to spite him. Interestingly, the first seven letters of the name "Montresor" is an anagram of the word "monster," subtly suggesting the narrator's cruelty. The narrator often focuses on the eerie hints that foreshadow his evil intentions, such as when he describes his family's motto, "Nemo me impune lacessit" (Poe 176). Literally meaning