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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In the short story‚ “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ a horror genre is about a malevolent man named Montresor and his friend Fortunato. In the story the readers are made sure to know to never mess with the Montresor family or else it will end badly for the person maligning them. “The Cask of Amontillado” had a mysterious atmosphere which was a fine work of irony by Poe. Poe is a very well-known author in the literature world. Being known for his unique style of writing especially his
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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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foolishness in listening to Montresor‚ and ignoring the growing danger Montresor was leading him into. The symbolism also reveals how Montresor fools Fortunato into venturing deep in the catacombs by getting him drunk. In addition‚ Montresor uses Fortunato’s
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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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think that "The Cask Of Amontillado" is believable because it seems like Montresor is fed up with Fortunato. Poe also leads us to believe that Fortunato is foolish enough to follow Montresor into the dark catacombs to get to the amontillado that he is an expert on. The story is a dark tale of a presumably insane man who suffers from‚ according to him‚ "the thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could"(75). Montresor has never told us exactly what Fortunato had done to him to make him so
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person isn’t thinking straight‚ they make the common decision to pursue revenge. In Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask Of Amontillado‚” Montresor comes to the realization that he sought revenge‚ he believed was justified with his pain. Montresor comes to the realization that his pain did not justify his revenge when it is too late and Fortunato has died‚ and this leaves Montresor with the feeling of remorse. In “The Cask Of Amontillado‚” Edgar Allen Poe shows the theme‚ even if a person justifies their revenge
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The Cast of Amonitillado by Edgar Allen Poe is a short stories that he wrote about a young man by the name of Montresor whom wants to venture out and seek the thrill of revenge but not put him self in risk so has someone else do it by guiding him the right was so this perons puts him in the right dricition for him to seek his revenge with out geting him in to any sticky sistuations "the thounsand injuries of fortunaton i had borne as best as i could but when he ventured upon insult i vowed revenge’
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of Fortunato I had borne as I best could‚ but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge” (Poe 1). The sentence implies that the main character‚ Montresor‚ is seeking revenge; leading the readers on to question how far will Montresor go to get revenge? As the story continues‚ Edgar states‚ “I must not only punish but punish with impunity” (1). Montresor has a vengeance mindset that he will do whatever it
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