Compare And Contrast Poe And The Cask Of Amontillado

The perfect plan for revenge, a simple plan that not even the simplest of jesters could figure out. Have you ever wished you could… dispose of someone who has caused you a thousand injuries? Several murders are committed every single day here in California, and every one of them has a motive behind it. What’s the motive, you may ask? Perhaps… revenge. The Cask of Amontillado was written by Edgar Allan Poe and is a short story horror. The Cask of Amontillado is the story of a man named Montresor who seeks revenge on a man named Fortunato who has insulted him in some way; it is not stated. Montresor meets Fortunato somewhere in Italy during the carnival season. When he finds Fortunato he is a drunken jester who is acting like a fool and has no idea that Montresor seeks revenge. …show more content…
Montresor’s plan is to trick Fortunato into thinking that he has an Amontillado, which is a type of sherry and is impossible to get during the middle of the carnival. Once he has Fortunato believed that he has the Amontillado he takes him down to the catacombs to “show” Fortunato the Amontillado. Montresor gives Fortunato several chances to back out but Fortunato insists on continuing into the catacombs. Fortunato is very drunk and doesn’t fully comprehend what is going on around him. Montresor plans on taking him further and further into the catacombs so he can go through with his plan of revenge. Most of this story is evil, which can be seen by revenge, torture, and eventually… death. But, there is still some good which is shown by Fortunato, carnival, and the mood during the celebration. Let us focus on Montresor’s evil deeds that create an eerie