Who Is Fortunato In The Cask Of Amontillado

The short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is a dark and mysterious story. It is about two friends Montresor and Fortunato. Montresor is an evil man while Fortunato is “rich, respected, admired, and beloved” (534). Montresor wants to kill Fortunato because Fortunato insulted him. To fully understand this story, one of the most important strategies is psychological so one can get inside the characters’ minds and know why Montresor is faking the whole friendship with Fortunato to take advantage of him and torture him to death.
Montresor wants to seek revenge on Fortunato by any means outside of the law; however, he never confesses how Fortunato offended him he states, “…but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge” (533). Montresor took the insult to a whole another level that he wanted to kill him. Montresor planned everything he was going to say and do in order to get Fortunato to go down with him to his vault, and then kill him there. He knew Fortunato “had a weak point” when it came down to wine tasting (533). Montresor was going to take advantage of him since he was already intoxicated with alcohol to seduce him to taste the Amontillado, and then kill him there.
Psychologically speaking, Montresor suffers from some serious psychological problems. He is trying to seek revenge by murdering
For example, he makes Fortunato jealous when he tells him that it was fine for them to head back, because Luchesi could go back and try it. Fortunato’s ambition to try the Amontillado led him to his own death. There was many reasons why Fortunato should had turned back, but because he was intoxicated by alcohol, he was not on his senses to act correctly. He was also stubborn because he did not want Luchesi to take his spot in tasting the Amontillado, because Fortunato was well known for being the best wine