What makes a person cold hearted? The answer to that question may vary, but when it comes to serial killers, they tend to be heartless. Serial killers tend to be cold hearted because they do not show any sympathy toward the person they are killing. Both Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” and Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” are short horror stories that contain horrifying serial killers. Both of these stories contain unusual characters that have dark personalities and unfortunately are suffering from personality disorders and mental illnesses. When comparing Montresor and The Misfit, one can see that both characters are very similar in the sense of both characters have incentives to kill without fear.
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Montresor is obsessed with revenge and he insecure and sensitive when it comes to his family background. For example, he says his reason for killing Fortunato is that Fortunato insulted him. Fortunato makes reference to this when he says, "Of I forgot. The Montresors were a once a great and noble family" (Poe 1). The plans that Montresor has for Fortuanto are horrifying. Monstresor has no problem burying a man alive. He does not feel guilty for what he has done. He is confessing his crime to an unknown person, but he is not asking for forgiveness, he is almost prideful with what he had done. He is proud that he planned revenge on someone who insulted his family and he's proud that no one has discovered his crime for 50 years. According to Scott A. Bonn, “it is not high intelligence that makes serial killers successful. Instead, it is obsession, meticulous planning and a cold-blooded, often psychopathic personality that enable serial killers to operate over long periods of time without detection” (Bonn 1). With this piece of evidence, it can be determined that Montresors smartness as a killer is not what helped him succeed in his murder, but rather his obsession of killing someone who was hurting his pride. Monstresor is fully aware of what he is doing, but continues to ignore the fact what he is doing is highly wrong. He is so blinded by his obsession of seeking revenge. Montresor can be diagnosed as being a psychopath as well because he does not feel guilty at all for his sin and he does present psychotic
In “A Good …show more content…
Montresor is obsessed with revenge and he insecure and sensitive when it comes to his family background. For example, he says his reason for killing Fortunato is that Fortunato insulted him. Fortunato makes reference to this when he says, "Of I forgot. The Montresors were a once a great and noble family" (Poe 1). The plans that Montresor has for Fortuanto are horrifying. Monstresor has no problem burying a man alive. He does not feel guilty for what he has done. He is confessing his crime to an unknown person, but he is not asking for forgiveness, he is almost prideful with what he had done. He is proud that he planned revenge on someone who insulted his family and he's proud that no one has discovered his crime for 50 years. According to Scott A. Bonn, “it is not high intelligence that makes serial killers successful. Instead, it is obsession, meticulous planning and a cold-blooded, often psychopathic personality that enable serial killers to operate over long periods of time without detection” (Bonn 1). With this piece of evidence, it can be determined that Montresors smartness as a killer is not what helped him succeed in his murder, but rather his obsession of killing someone who was hurting his pride. Monstresor is fully aware of what he is doing, but continues to ignore the fact what he is doing is highly wrong. He is so blinded by his obsession of seeking revenge. Montresor can be diagnosed as being a psychopath as well because he does not feel guilty at all for his sin and he does present psychotic