The Cask Of Amontillado Narrator Essay
In Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” the narrator, Montresor, compromises his reliability by not backing of the events of the story. It is told from his point of view and he never says anything about what Fortunato is thinking or how he feels about the situation. Montresor is very one sided.
Throughout the story, Montresor slowly reveals that he is angry with Fortunato but he never tells us exactly what happened even after he kills him. He says in the first paragraph of the story that the injuries and insults caused by Fortunato were far too severe to let go off so he had to get revenge. What thousand injuries did Fortunato cause? It is likely that Fortunato either threatened Montresor himself or Montresor’s family.
Montresor’s family motto is “Nemo me impune lacessit,” which means no one strikes me with impunity. If we are going with the theory that Fortunato just insulted Montresor, he had to do something to prove to his family that he was loyal and worthy. Montresor was so angry that he chained his enemy to the wall in their cavern then boxed him in brick by brick until …show more content…
Whenever he is describing the crypt where he kills Fortunato, he does not hesitate to tell us that the walls were piled high with human remains (pg. 293) and that when he was caving him with bricks, he makes sure we know exactly how he had to force the last brick into place then he plastered it all together (pg. 295). Even though we do not know exactly what happened to cause the incident, he still lets the readers know everything he is seeing and feeling the entire time. He lets us know that he tried to talk Fortunato out of it, knowing he could not miss the chance to drink some of Montresor’s Amontillado (pg.292) and how Fortunato got so drunk off of it, he did not realize what Montresor was up to (pg.
Throughout the story, Montresor slowly reveals that he is angry with Fortunato but he never tells us exactly what happened even after he kills him. He says in the first paragraph of the story that the injuries and insults caused by Fortunato were far too severe to let go off so he had to get revenge. What thousand injuries did Fortunato cause? It is likely that Fortunato either threatened Montresor himself or Montresor’s family.
Montresor’s family motto is “Nemo me impune lacessit,” which means no one strikes me with impunity. If we are going with the theory that Fortunato just insulted Montresor, he had to do something to prove to his family that he was loyal and worthy. Montresor was so angry that he chained his enemy to the wall in their cavern then boxed him in brick by brick until …show more content…
Whenever he is describing the crypt where he kills Fortunato, he does not hesitate to tell us that the walls were piled high with human remains (pg. 293) and that when he was caving him with bricks, he makes sure we know exactly how he had to force the last brick into place then he plastered it all together (pg. 295). Even though we do not know exactly what happened to cause the incident, he still lets the readers know everything he is seeing and feeling the entire time. He lets us know that he tried to talk Fortunato out of it, knowing he could not miss the chance to drink some of Montresor’s Amontillado (pg.292) and how Fortunato got so drunk off of it, he did not realize what Montresor was up to (pg.