Montresor In The Cask Of Amontillado

Montresor, a character from the Cask of Amontillado, is a clever person. He demonstrates intelligence and cunningness throughout the story. For instance, when Montresor is leading Fortunato to his wine cellar, Montresor uses his cunning skills to make himself in unseen amongst the crowd. He cleverly planned out the entire scene of his perfect murder, down to the details. "Putting on a mask of black silk, and drawing a Roquelaure closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo.",(15). In other words, he put on a mask and cloak to make sure that no one would be able to see him lead a very drunk Fortunato to his house to murder him. He purposely chose carnival season to do his revenge due to the fact that everyone would be wearing …show more content…
This shows a high level of intelligence to go to such an extreme to make sure he would not be pledged guilty for the crime he was about to commit. Furthermore, another example of Montresor's intellect is when he makes sure that he has an alibi during the time the revenge takes place. "There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honor of the time. I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house. These orders were sufficient, I well knew, to insure their immediate disappearance,one and all, as soon as my back was turned.",(16). To rephrase it, Montresor deliberately told his servants to not leave his house, knowing that as soon as he left they would leave to attend the carnival. After all, who wouldn't miss such an enticing celebration? Montresor was wise enough to realize that reverse psychology would work to his benefit in this situation. He also knew that if his servants were ever to be questioned, they would say that they were working the entire time and that Montresor wasn't home, when in actuality, he was. Not only was he home, he was committing the perfect