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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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    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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    (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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    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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    Montresor did not understand Fortunato’s hand gesture‚ but he says he is a mason. When Fortunato does not believe him‚ Montresor shows him a trowel. Fortunato says that Montresor is jesting‚ and they continue walking. They walked into a crypt‚ where its walls had been lined with human remains. Fortunato and Montresor see a little niche‚ where Montresor tells Fortunato that the Amontillado is there. Fortunato walks into the niche and a few seconds later‚ Montresor chains up Fortunato

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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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    The story opens with Montresor vowing revenge on Fortunato for his ‘thousand injuries’ and insult. He stated that his revenge would be annulled if he was punished for it and also if he failed to make the Fortunato feel the same extent of his pain. He plotted Fortunato’s death while remaining amenable with him; his smiles were at the thought of Fortunato’s immolation. One evening during the carnival‚ Montresor encountered Fortunato and decided to carry out his vengeful scheme. Fortunato greeted

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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 murder—something he normally would never do—through exaggerated reasoning‚ and how pride can make a man so blind that he walks obliviously to his own death.

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