short story‚ Montresor‚ is trying to get revenge on Fortunato‚ for some unthinkable action. In order for the murder to happen‚ Montresor needed a perfect plan. On page five‚ Montresor starts to lure Fortunato in by saying “As you are engaged‚ I am on my way to Luchesi. If any one has a critical turn‚ it is he. He will tell me-” After Montresor says this‚ Fortunato responds with “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry.” Luring Fortunato in‚ was just the first part of the plan. Montresor‚ then had
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factor in a plan of murderous revenge. Antagonist Montresor was able to carry out his vulgar way of dealing with an inconvenience by exacting revenge which when observed brings out a deeper meaning of the theme in story‚ one should not allow anger to fester or dictate their life. Montresor is a character that let his anger get out of hand which led it to control his life causing him to spend his time trying to find a way to get impunic revenge. Montresor kicked off his duplicitous plan of retribution
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The two opposing personalities‚ Montresor and Fortunato‚ could not find self fulfillment in their lives‚ letting self-fulfillment be their greatest hamartia.. In order for Montresor to find meaning in his life‚ he had to kill Fortunato. In contrast‚ Fortunato had everything a man could ask for: respect‚ riches and connoisseurship in wine. However‚ he still was not satisfied and sought to gain even more respect and pride putting down people such as Lucresi and Montresor. He continually said "Luchesi
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happens after Fortunato passes out and Montresor leaves? This was a mystery‚ but after 50 years this mystery will be revealed. Fortunato was always a little conceited regarding his knowledge of wine‚ but overall he was a very friendly‚ helpful and innocent man‚ now‚ if we talk about Montresor‚ he was a very vengeful person and not a very nice man when it came to people messing with him. While we know Fortunato has obviously passed away in the dungeon‚ Montresor is wondering like nothing ever happened
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characters‚ Fortunato and Montresor. Montressor tricks Fortunato with his words. He leads deep into catacombs and kills him. Montresor was a dark‚ devious man with a plan of evil. It would be easy to tell what kind of person Montressor is just by looking at his appearance. He was a tall mysterious man by look. he had this dark sense around him at all times. Even his name‚ Montressor‚ is wonderous. You can tell a lot about a person by the way they speak and the words they say. Montresor spoke with such
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costumes Fortunato and Montresor wear in the story give specific details to who they are‚ what they are like‚ and what they might do in the story. In the story Montresor confronts Fortunato during the festival which Fortunato is wearing a costume of a fool which would be a jester’s clothes. From this the reader can infer that Fortunato will be a foolish man during this story. This man makes himself out to be the noblest wine expert to ever live. Having pointed that out Montresor tells Fortunato that
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when Montresor says‚ “My dear Fortunato‚ you are luckily met” (Poe 2). The irony here is Montresor planned to meet him at the carnival and Fortunato does not know he is not really luckily met. Montresor’s plans are to murder him. Another use of irony is Fortunato’s clothes. Fortunato is known to be a man who is “rich‚ respected‚ and admired” (Poe 3). His clothes are representative of a clown or jester‚ not the up-standing man he portrays himself to be. James Gargano also states that Montresor‚ the
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of the story the main character‚ Montresor‚ is saying that Fortunato had insulted him and he feels the need to take revenge because of it. He then constructs a plan while the staff and Fortunato was out at the festival. Montresor then tricks Fortunato to go into the cellar and plays along as the friend until he buries Fortunato alive behind a brick wall. Fortunato makes himself an easy target because his doesn’t see what’s coming and the way he acts around Montresor he believes he hasn’t done anything
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(1864) and Andre Dubus’ “Killings” (1979) share similar story developments such as theme‚ plot‚ and character types that come together to create the perfect vengeance. In “The Cask of Amontillado‚” Montresor is after revenge after being insulted by Fortunato‚ which ironically means “fortunate.” Montresor pettily plans his revenge according to his knowledge of Fortunato’s love of wine‚ lures him (Fortunato) into a wine cellar and then into a small crypt where he chains Fortunato to the wall and builds
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and how one of them was determined to exact his wrongs/ to seek revenge. However‚ like any story‚ although it may not be displayed‚ this diabolical tale possesses two sides. For years‚ many literary experts have analyzed the story’s protagonist‚ Montresor‚ and studied his perspective
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