The Cast of Amontillado Essay

Ever heard of a perfect crime? In the story The Cast of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, Montresor accomplishes murder because he is determined, intelligent, and vengeful. Montresor seeks out revenge after Fortunato insults him many times. Montresor tricks Fortunato into going inside huge underground vaults, there Fortunato thinks he will drink the Amontillado. As they proceed to the end of the vaults Montresor chains Fortunato up, builds a burrier, and leaves Fortunato there to die. Here Montersor will conquer revenge, and his determination and intelligence will show. Montresor shows many great qualities one of them is his determination. When Montresor walks Fortunato through the vaults, he tells the reader, “It is farther on, but observe the white web work which gleams from these cavern walls.” (Poe 347) When Montresor says this he is determined not to get Fortunato to turn around by showing him the walls which have niter. Fortunato is pleased with the niter and continues walking. Another time the reader sees Montresor’s determination is when he tells the reader, “As you are enegaged, I am on my way to Luhesi. If anyone has a critical turn, it is he. He will tell me ---.” (Poe 346) Afterwards he is interpreted by Fortunato, which shows Fortunato is ready to go. This was Montresor way of showing determination to get Fotunato to go with him. Another great characteristic is Montresor has is his intelligence. As Montresor is walking Fortunato through the vaults Fortunato is starting to get weary, Montresor tells the reader, Bryan 2
“Drink” (Poe 347) and presents him some wine. Montresor will get Fortunato drunk on their way to the Amontillado. This shows his intelligence because he is tricking him, and Fortunato does not even know. Another time the reader sees Montresor’s intelligence is when he