deceiving Fortunato into death with out him knowing of it. A mission well accomplished thanks to the help of Reverse Psychology. The ideal definition of reverse psychology is the ability to obtain something from someone with out asking for it. How Montresor used reverse psychology against Fortunato into making him come down into his death trap is very interesting. The story begins around dusk‚ one evening during the carnival season (similar to the Mardi gras festival in New Orleans) in an unnamed European
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significant symbol because it is what is used to lure Fortunato and represents a rare attitude. Even though Montresor never even actually had this rare wine‚ he tempted Fortunato to come with him to his Luchesi. Perhaps this shows Fortunato’s curiousity and temptations towards higher traditions in life. Amontillado is rare‚ precious‚ and expensive. Its rarity perhaps this is used as bait that Montresor uses to get Fortunato to come with him to his mansion. He might even want to brag about drinking this
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The murderer‚ Montresor‚ narrates the story fifty years after the crime. The story’s major theme discusses Montresor’s revenge against Fortunato. Montresor claims that Fortunato has insulted and offended him‚ thus Montresor intends to punish him for that. This is evident in the following statement: “The Thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best as I could‚ when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge” (Poe 157). The theme of revenge continues throughout the story‚ and Montresor feeds his will
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gains knowledge. Montresor‚ “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ (rpt. In Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson‚ Perrine’s Literature: Structure‚ Sound‚ and Sense‚ 10th ed. [Boston: Wadsworth‚ 2009] 617-623) is a character who is altered by the aspect of the human condition. The disruption is when Fortunado insulted Montresor’s family and his family’s honour. Since Montresor was the man of the house it was his responsibility to handle the situation. It was clear that Montresor is going to follow
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had borne as best I could; but when he ventured upon‚ I vowed revenge.” Montresor has felt that he has been insulted by Fortunato and he seeks revenge upon him. Since Montresor is seeking revenge Fortunato has to watch out‚ but that may be hard because throughout the story Fortunato is gullible‚ full of pride‚ and is an alcoholic. Fortunato is gullible when he doesn’t think anything of going down to the vaults with Montresor. “Come‚ let us go.” Fortunato tells him lets go and goes down into the vaults
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Edgar Allen Poe‚ that is about two good friends that attend a little party. Montrsor can arguably be the protagonist of the story. He is fed up with Fortunato’s acts of foolishness and embarrassing him in front of the crowd. As the night goes on Montresor leads Fortunato deep into the catacombs telling him there is more wine to drink‚ tricks him‚ and leaves him down in there to die. This story has tons of literary elements to help readers dig deep into this golden piece of literature. Along with all
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“The Cask of Amontillado” is a story of revenge‚ but the author never told exactly what Fortunato did. Montresor presents us with only a vague understanding of his motivations‚ and his pretense of good will and careful manipulation of Fortunato indicates the care with which he has planned Fortunato’s death. Both of the men want the same thing. Edgar Poe has a strong way of reproducing great literary elements in the story; the theme of revenge is explained with the use of irony. One irony used in
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main characters‚ "Montresor" the narrator and‚ "Fortunado" the drunkard connoisseur. By the"tight-fitting parti-stripped dress" costume that Fortunado has on‚ we can tell that the setting is during the carnival season in what could seen to be in the city of Italy. Once we move into the story‚ in the first sentence we notice that this could most likely revolve around revenge. I also discovered that Fortunado and Montresor could be in between competition with each other. When Montresor says at the beginning
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humanity? It is clear that this is another key indication of the kind of character that Montresor is as a narrator. The fact that he has deliberately organised for his home to be empty when he brings Fortunato home speaks of the way in which he is a calculated killer and has deliberately planned to have Fortunato murdered. However‚ note what he says about his servants and how he achieves the emptying of his house. Montresor thus seeks to implicitly recognise the human failings of others. He knows that during
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he is killed by Montresor. “No answer still. I thrust a torch through the remaining aperture and let it fall within. There came forth in reply only a jingling of the bells. My heart grew sick—on account of the dampness of the catacombs. I hastened to make an end of my labor. I forced the last
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