Under the boisterous carnival, Montresor and Fortunato stride deeper into the catacombs in search for the Amontillado, an extremely rare and precious wine. Fortunato, a wine connoisseur unaware of the current situation, slurs, “I drink... to the buried that repose around us” (Poe 110). Montresor, with the intent for the immolation of Fortunato, exclaims with the utmost sincerity, “And I to your long life” (Poe 110). In Edgar Allan Poe's short story, “Cask of Amontillado”, Poe writes about a man by the name Montresor who plans to seek his revenge on a noble man named Fortunato, who caused his family distress. Poe displays the occurrence of verbal and dramatic irony within the story of Montresor, a man who may realize that the decision he chose
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From the beginning of the story the reader is aware of Montresor grudge he holds against Fortunato, so the reader can imply that all of these nice acts that he imposes upon Fortunato are simply just a way of representing his revenge. For the reader to know something that one of the characters don't is a form of dramatic irony called installation. An example of installation is when Montresor elaborates on his thoughts, announcing, “It must be understood that neither by...” (Poe 108). Montresor speaks of his smile and how it was displayed to Fortunato with no criminal intent. From the readers standpoint it was only to be implied that his smile was fueled by the thought of killing Fortunato in revenge. A good example of exploitation is when Montresor advises Fortunato for the first time, “Come we will go back ere it is too late. Your cough...” (Poe 111). This represents exploitation simply because it peaks into the interest of the readers curiosity about why Montresor keeps saying he wants him to go back, rather than continue down the catacombs. An example of resolution in the short story is when Fortunato had finally realized how he had been deceived, “In an instant he had reached...” (Poe 112). Montresor had now lead Fortunato to the back of the catacombs. Fortunato had realized this was not some game the they were playing to drink wine, and that Montresor had other …show more content…
The short story begins with Montresor vaguely stating how he felt about Fortunato, revealing to the reader, “The thousands of injuries of Fortunato I had borne...” (Poe 108). Someone who has been injured or hurt by a character so bad that he/she has to point it out in the first sentence of a story means that the event was extremely significant and that it will guide the plot of the story. Within the last paragraph of the story Montresor declares, “My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so.” (Poe 113). It may be indistinguishable, but he says that his heart grew sick of the dampness of the catacombs. Montresor stated this shortly after killing Fortunato, that is far to coincidental. I think with the evidence and timing can be concluded that he was having
From the beginning of the story the reader is aware of Montresor grudge he holds against Fortunato, so the reader can imply that all of these nice acts that he imposes upon Fortunato are simply just a way of representing his revenge. For the reader to know something that one of the characters don't is a form of dramatic irony called installation. An example of installation is when Montresor elaborates on his thoughts, announcing, “It must be understood that neither by...” (Poe 108). Montresor speaks of his smile and how it was displayed to Fortunato with no criminal intent. From the readers standpoint it was only to be implied that his smile was fueled by the thought of killing Fortunato in revenge. A good example of exploitation is when Montresor advises Fortunato for the first time, “Come we will go back ere it is too late. Your cough...” (Poe 111). This represents exploitation simply because it peaks into the interest of the readers curiosity about why Montresor keeps saying he wants him to go back, rather than continue down the catacombs. An example of resolution in the short story is when Fortunato had finally realized how he had been deceived, “In an instant he had reached...” (Poe 112). Montresor had now lead Fortunato to the back of the catacombs. Fortunato had realized this was not some game the they were playing to drink wine, and that Montresor had other …show more content…
The short story begins with Montresor vaguely stating how he felt about Fortunato, revealing to the reader, “The thousands of injuries of Fortunato I had borne...” (Poe 108). Someone who has been injured or hurt by a character so bad that he/she has to point it out in the first sentence of a story means that the event was extremely significant and that it will guide the plot of the story. Within the last paragraph of the story Montresor declares, “My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so.” (Poe 113). It may be indistinguishable, but he says that his heart grew sick of the dampness of the catacombs. Montresor stated this shortly after killing Fortunato, that is far to coincidental. I think with the evidence and timing can be concluded that he was having