soul”. This shows that the priest and Montresor knows has known each other very well. This means that Montresor trusts the priest with this secret he has been keeping. In addition‚ it has been “half of a century” since Montresor killed Fortunato. This shows that Montresor is around eighty years old (since he was around thirty years old when he killed Fortunato) and he is about to die‚ so Montresor wants to confess his sins before he dies. This means that Montresor does not want to be punished
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and overtake you‚ it can even bring you to the extreme solution of murder. This is exactly what happened in the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allen Poe. In the story Montresor‚ a deranged mason‚ seeks revenge upon Fortunato‚ a wealthy Italian man who is accused of insulting Montresor. Poe successfully deliveries this eerie and dark tale through the use of literary devices such irony and foreshadowing. With the use of these devices every element of this story was used to create
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Fortunado is betrayed by Monresor‚ who in the end‚ kills this intoxicated man. Montresor was supposedly betrayed by Fortunado‚ a story of which we are never told. Finally‚ we as the reader are betrayed by the narrator‚ because we are given so few details and logic to back up the story. Fortunado‚ Montresor‚ and the reader are betrayed throughout the short story‚ “The Cask Of Amontillado”. Throughout the story‚ Montresor betrays Fortunado. He asks Fortunado to come into his catacombs aware that he
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at the hand of the evil Montresor who had borne "The thousand injuries of Fortunato" (Poe 206). But Fortunato had finally gone too far by insulting him. Montresor is unwavering in his pursuit to get revenge on Fortunato. His evil is powered by his pride and his time honoured family motto. The grandmother fears her impending death and is not prepared for
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ENC1102 Character Analysis: Montresor “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allen Poe’s “The cask of Amontillado” is a sinister tale of revenge narrated by a character named Montresor. The setting takes place in an underground tomb in Italy during carnival season. In this story‚ Montresor too plays the role of main character. I chose to analyze him because his character traits are ones that I can relate to. In addition to the character traits being identifiable‚ these character traits also play a
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Amontillado" and "The Black Cat" both lead characters love for man’s inhumanity to man and animals through horrific murders. In "The Cask of Amontillado"‚ Montresor is the narrator. He begins by describing very cryptically how he was wronged‚ "The thousands of injuries of Fortunato he has borne as he best could; but when he ventures upon insult‚ Montresor vows revenge" (Poe 528). As the story unfolds‚ Montresor’s idea of “perfect revenge" is characteristically precise and logical in detail as to how he
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Throughout the story‚ readers become aware that Montresor is not a reliable narrator and that he has a tendency to hold grudges and exaggerate terribly‚ as he refers to the "thousand injuries" that he has "suffered at the hands of Fortunato." When Fortunato insulted Montresor‚ he could stand no more‚ and vowed revenge. Behind the darkness of Poe ’s writings lie hidden messages that link to his life and his views of the world around him. Montresor‚ the main character‚ is Poe in disguise and Poe
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of a person can lead to another’s destruction. Montresor is used by Poe to exemplify the violence of which humans are capable of doing in terms of revenge. Stepp (1976) further concludes that by so doing Poe suggests that Montresor or his nature resides within each person who reads the story [...]. The implication is clearly that any person could‚ provide the correct provocation‚ perform an act as heinous as that which Montresor does. Montresor‚ the character whose perspective the readers get
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according to him‚ "the thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could" (Poe 75). One of the major factors in telling this story is the setting. The story is set primarily in the Montresor family catacombs‚ which provides the dark setting‚ filled with human remains‚ and this reflects where Montresor commits his crime‚ where no one will expect. Furthermore‚ the narration also helps in telling the story. It is first person point of view‚ so the story is heard entirely from him. Readers will
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about revenge between Montresor and Fortunato. It falls under the category of psychoanalytic lenses and this is clearly seen from the psychological implications of Montresor on how he is planning to revenge on Fortunato. It is in Montresor’s mind nobody is aware about it. Fortunato has no idea of Montresor’s anger making the story to be more terrifying and even tragic (Godey’s Lady Book).The two began their conversation about the pipe of what passes for Amontillado and Montresor tells Fortunato about
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