born as I best could‚ but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.” he wants revenge on Fortunato. You might think say he wants revenge because Fortunato insulted the Montresor. Well the way he says it was interesting‚ he basically vowed his life that he if going to get revenge on Fortunato. In Poe’s short story Montresor end up killing Fortunato by burying him into a wall. Reading the story over and over again you
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of Amontillado‚ I found your narrator‚ Montresor to be quite unreliable. Could it be that you did not intend for me to sympathize with Montresor for the insult made by Fortunato‚ but rather to judge him? Frankly‚ I found him to be smug and egotistical‚ while questioning his sanity. He did not convince me that his intentions were honorable to support his family’s motto: “Nemo me impune lacessit‚” or “No one assails me with impunity.” Your character‚ Montresor appears to be the type that would hold
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Poe’s use of first person point of view gave the audience an insight on Montresor’s perspective‚ unreliability‚ and finally his manipulative personality. To begin with‚ Poe allows the readers to be connected with the thoughts and intentions of Montresor. The text states‚” “You‚ who so well know the nature of my soul‚ will not suppose‚ however‚ that gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled but the very
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works. They have been particularly interested in psyche of madmen. Many writers also share that interest and one of them is Edgar Allan Poe‚ who‚ in his “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ presents a character‚ whose insanity leads to a murder. His name is Montresor. Vowing revenge‚ because of some insult‚ which one of his acquaintances‚ Fortunato‚ ventured upon‚ he tells him‚ that he has bought a cask of what passes to be Amontillado‚ but‚ not being sure‚ whether it is really it‚ he wants his advice. He leads
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revenge. The first theme of “The Cask of Amontillado” if betrayal. Fortunato feels as though he is friends with Montresor. “My friend” (237)‚ Montresor seas to Fortunato over and over again threw out the whole story. Betrayal is the theme because Fortunato believes that he is in fact friends with Montresor‚ yet he is betrayed by
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hatred. 2. This means that a bad decision has been made and Montresor is going to help fix it. Montresor is trying to also to say that you should be punished if you did a wrong doing. 3. Montresor is an effective enemy to Fortunato because he is very friendly and kind to Fortunato. Fortunato seems to think they are friends but Montresor has a scheme that Fortunato would not expect. The Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland is like Montresor because when she first
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The snake symbolizes Fortunato attacking or insulting Montresor then Montresor crushes the snake or Fortunato with his foot (Shmoop). In The Cask of Amontillado Montresor tries to convince Fortunato to go back upstairs by saying “You are rich‚ respected‚ admired‚ beloved; you are happy‚ as once I was (Shmoop).” Poe uses diction in many ways to convey his point
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also uses irony recurrently in the dialogue. For instance‚ when Montresor runs into Fortunato‚ he says‚ “My dear Fortunato‚ you are luckily met.”‚ but in actuality Fortunato is a very unlucky man for running into Montresor because Montresor has very dark plans for Fortunato’s near future. Later in this story‚ Montresor pretends to be concerned about Fortunato’s terrible coughing and hacking as they descend into the vaults‚ Montresor says‚ “We will go back. Your health is precious. Your are rich‚
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Too Much "In pace requiescat" meaning may he rest in peace‚ in Italian. Is the last words of Montresor‚ from "The cask of Amontillado‚" which symbolizes victory in a sad sense. In this story there are only a few objects that conflict with the characters. For example‚ Montresor has contextual and universal symbolism. But Fortunato has only one noticeable symbolism‚ which is cultural. Both Montresor and Fortunato have symbols in the story that can show relationships with each other. They develop
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Claiming to have suffered many insults from the latter‚ the aristocrat Montresor—whose name mon trésor “my treasure” calls to mind leisurely indolence and curbs our sympathy for the unlikely hero—vows revenge. He leads Fortunato to his doom in the meandering catacombs. The greatest weapon yielded by Montresor is his clever‚ witty art of manipulation. He utilizes reverse psychology and can thus control many weaker characters. Fortunato‚ already
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