Italian locale is the dark‚ claustrophobic feel of the catacombs in which the story takes place. However‚ this effect becomes more prominent due to the contrast apparent in the setting within the first pages of the tale. “Carnival season‚” in which Montresor‚ the murderer‚ first encounters his “friend‚” Fortunato‚ is a season of celebration and “warmth.” Because of the festivities‚ Fortunato is dressed in “motley‚” with “tight-fitting parti-striped dress” and a “conical cap and bells.” From the first
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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
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before. The main character of this story is Montresor‚ who opens the story with saying Fortunato had insulted him in an inexcusable way‚ to which he wants to seek revenge. Montresor is quoted‚ “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge‚” Setting the story up in this way is a part of what makes the plot so interesting for readers. We do not know what it was that Fortunato did to
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the main character Montresor meticulously plans and executes a man named Fortunato for showing him insult. To go through such lengths as these‚ it is apparent that honor is a very important value of Montresor’s and to diminish it in any way would be liable to the most severe of punishments. Montresor’s value of honor remains true throughout the story‚ unaltered even after ending Fortunato’s life. It is this value that must be analyzed in order to understand the mindset of Montresor and to justify his
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Amontillado[dem2] " by Edgar Allan Poe‚ is Montresor. This deviant yet cunning character is set on getting revenge on his acquaintance‚ Fortunato‚ by sealing him in his family catacomb. The motive behind this idea is "disrespect." Montresor feels as if Fortunato "disrespected" him[dem3] . It is an excuse that Montresor uses to rationalize his true motive of jealousy. Montresor uses charm‚ calculation‚ and deception to lure Fortunato to his demise. As the story begins Montresor runs into Fortunato at the carnival
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" Explicator 64.1 (2005): 39-41. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 Sept. 2013. This article describes the emotional aspects of Montresor‚ the protagonist in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado.” While Montresor seems uncaring and without emotion as he is murdering Fortunato for the insults against his family‚ Montresor is not as ruthless as he seems. He shows care and concern for his victim in that he gives Fortunato numerous chances to escape his fate by suggesting
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LIT2000 Research Essay 1 Fortunes Irony In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ the story entails a cynical theme of cold calculated revenge. This becomes evident after the first couple lines where the narrator‚ identified as Montresor‚ states the story’s conflict as “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge” (Poe). From the beginning‚ the narrator tells in first person of his deep hatred for the victim Fortunato
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memorable short stories‚ that epitomizes the American Gothic Literature Tradition through the dark narrative. In this short story Montresor‚ the protagonist‚
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character Montresor in Edgar Allan Poe’s‚ “The Cask of Amontillado”; which tells a powerful story of revenge. The story starts with our main character and narrator Montresor wishing to seek revenge on Fortunato‚ a wine connoisseur who has insulted him. Montresor lures Fortunato to the Montresor family catacombs with the promise of a whole pipe of Amontillado‚ in which Fortunato agrees. While in the catacombs Montresor then chains Fortunato to a niche and plasters it up leaving
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had several weak points that Montresor took full advantage of. Those weaknesses lead to the demise of Fortunato. One of Fortunato’s weaknesses was pride. He was extremely prideful in his knowledge of wine. Trust was another weakness of Fortunato. He mistakenly trusted Montresor all the way to his death. A drunken Fortunato was proven to an easy victim of vengeance. After bearing the many insults of Fortunato he Montresor takes justice into his own hands. The Montresor family’s motto was strong in
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