Have you ever wondered how the most renowned villains became well known? They all had the same equalities. These characteristics were being immoral, determined, unreliable, and intelligent. Montresor is all three of these characteristics in the short story The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. Montresor is immoral because he does not care that he is doing something wrong while he is burying Fortunato alive and building a wall trapping him in the catacombs. He does not know that he is doing something terribly wrong all he knows is that he is avenging everything that Fortunato had done to him. Montresor is also determined to kill Fortunato. Montresor is determined to kill Fortunato that he led him in with a dry, sherry called Amontillado. Since Fortunato is a …show more content…
Two villains are exactly like Montresor which are the Joker, the villain from Batman and Cruella Deville, the villain from 101 Dalmatians. The Joker has many things in common with Montresor. The Joker and Montresor both have the same sort of horrifying inner dialogue. Montresor said in the short story” Yes’ I said. ‘let us be gone.’” This is considered to be Fortunato stating that Montresor should unshackle him and they should leave. Instead, Montresor changes the meaning by saying I will leave and you will die making it that they both will be gone in a short period. The Joker also has reputation for being very witty and clever about things. Montresor also has all these characteristics. Cruella Deville has the same characteristics as Montresor. Cruella Deville is unreliable because she has a motive to get the puppy's furs but she lies to get them. She is immoral because she commits animal cruelty. She is determined because she will do anything to get the fur and the money that comes along with it. These are the reasons that the Joker and Cruella Deville have the same characteristics as