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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#1-12 1. Montresor admits that “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could; but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge‚” was the reason that motivated him to commit that crime. 2. According to Montresor‚ he says that the perfect crime “ must not only punish‚ but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.” 3. Montresor says
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would cause Montresor to feel sick. 13. Is Montresor a reliable or unreliable narrator? Explain your answer. I think Montresor is an unreliable narrator as he is clearly mentally unstable who ends up murdering his friend over an insult. On the point that he has killed his friend‚ for that reason I wouldn’t have confidence in him as he is not trustworthy. Furthermore‚ there is no evidence that indicates that Fortunato had insulted or do anything of great harm to Montresor. Therefore‚ Montresor‚ is a perfect
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Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe‚ Montresor seeks revenge on Fortunato. He gets revenge on the night of a carnival when Fortunato is drunk. Montresor leads Fortunato into the catacombs by saying there is a good wine in there and Fortunato follows him because he is a wine connoisseur. Montresor leads him into the family crypt when he traps Fortunato. Fortunato dies from the mold whilst Montresor is building a wall to keep him hidden. Montresor finishes the wall and then leaves. Montresor accomplishes his goal
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“The Cask of Amontillado” is quite an abusive story written by Edgar Allan Poe. The story starts off when Fortunato‚ the antagonist‚ insults Montresor‚ the villain protagonist. Montresor plots for revenge against Fortunato in harsh ways. In order to succeed‚ he has to maintain characteristics of being deft‚ cautious‚ and hard-hearted. Montresor shows his slickness when he first greets Fortunato with compliments like “you are luckily met” and “How remarkably well you are looking today” (p.374). Later
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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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the other faces his consequences. In “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Montresor tells the story of the day that he took his revenge on Fortunato‚ because for insulting Montresor’s family‚ mocking him for some reason‚ and questioning his knowledge‚ and education. Basically Montresor killed fortunate for no reason but in his mind all the reason he should. Reading the story He persuades the audience that he wasn’t insane‚ but in reality‚ Montresor is. Fortunato was the victim in this story and had no clue the
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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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written by Edgar Allen Poe in 1846. The main characters‚ Montresor and Fortunado‚ are seemingly civilized acquaintances that have crossed paths in the past. Montresor had multiple reasons for murdering Fortunado‚ and had no doubt in his mind that it was necessary and just for him to do so. The main reason is pride‚ which both characters show an abundance of throughout the entire story. Fortunado insulted Montresor’s family and Montresor swore his revenge‚ making his life goal and duty to make
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revenge. The man (Montresor) leads the fool (Fortunato) into the depths of the wine vaults with the temptation of the amontillado. Fortunato becomes drunk and Montresor takes advantage of him. Montresor chains him up and closes him in‚ never to be heard of again. This story shows that you should be careful what you say and do because it could push someone to seek revenge and take advantage of you. Some will go to extremes to get
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