another‚ or uses words to convey a meaning that is opposite of their literal meaning. When Montresor first greets Fortunado in the streets of the Carnival festival‚ he says‚ “My dear Fortunado‚ you are luckily met.” (5) In
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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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sake of his own pride that Montresor takes revenge on the heedless Fortunato. Poe shows how pride and revenge can make a man become obsessive to the point where he justifies murdersomething he normally would never dothrough exaggerated reasoning‚ and how pride can make a man so blind that he walks obliviously to his own death.
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throughout the story between Montresor and Fortunato appeared sincere and between friends‚ however‚ if you were paying attention to the symbolism Poe used in his story‚ it is easy to see the clues of how the story will end. Montresor had great success in his plan to use Fortunato’s drunken state and reverse psychology to lure him to his death. Just as the death tarot card describes‚ the last laugh is reserved for death. Fortunato laughs in his last conversation with Montresor‚ desperately hoping 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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Montresor was a noble man and what most insulted him was an insult about his honor or family name. “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could.” This was what Montresor said about Fortunato‚ which shows us that Fortunato bothered Montresor and made fun of him many times before‚ but Montresor was a wise man. He always controlled himself and knew how to respond to Fortunato‚ until the day that Fortunato insulted him. On this day Fortunato insulted Montresor but not as
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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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is a villain? A villain is someone who causes problems and sets out to hurt people. Zaroff and Montresor are both terrible villains. They both do awful things. They are both villains because they each kill at least one person. Even though they were both villains‚ Zaroff is a worse villain because he killed more people than Montresor‚ and he did it in a more vicious way. Zaroff and Montresor are alike in many ways. They both killed people‚ and tortured them. Also they both captured the
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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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that Fortunato and Montresor are friends”‚ (Whatley 1)‚ though it is evident as Montresor states‚ “that I encountered my friend‚ he accosted me with excessive warmth” (Poe 715). Montresor‚ in actuality despises Fortunato and is only pleased to see him so that he may be able to now complete his murderous plans. He presents to the audience a vague understanding of his motivations‚ and his deception
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