Fortunato And Montresor

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Fortunato insulted Montresor hundreds of times. Montresor had decided to get his revenge by using one of Fortunato’s weakness against him. Fortunato weakness was his love for wine. So, Montresor through a party where Fortunato had gotting drunk at . Montresor had told Fortunato that he had acquired bottle of Amontillado, and he would ask their friend Luchesi to taste it. Fortunato insisted that Luchesi didn’t know how to tell the difference between Amontillado and Sherry. Fortunato is anxious to taste the wine and to determine for Montresor whether or not it is truly Amontillado. Fortunato insists that they go to Montresor’s vaults.Montresor has strategically planned for this meeting by sending his servants away to the carnival. The two

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