Short Story Literary Analysis
Anger and redemption are are traits in all humans, but some take it too far. In Edgar Allen Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, the protagonist of the story, Montresor takes his anger as far as building a wall around his enemy, Fortunato. Readers learn Montresor built the wall around him because Fortunato publicly humiliated him in the past which causes this anger. First of all, Montresor methodically planned out the death of Fortunato before hand. In addition, Montresor made sure the death was long and painful for Fortunato. Lastly, he delivered on his plan of killing Fortunato very well, unlike some other villains. Therefore, Montresor of “The Cask of Amontillado” is the most evil character of the stories read in class.
First of all, Montresor methodically plans out the death of Fortunato. In The Cask Of Amontillado, Montresor says, “ Throwing the bones aside, I soon uncovered a quantity of building stone and mortar” (Poe 11). In other words, Montresor had the brick and mortar ready to go so he could start building the wall …show more content…
As said by Montresor, “ For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!” (Poe 12). This means, for half of a century or fifty years no one has even found out what happened to Fortunato. He not only kept the whole plan secret by planning to have the murder during carnival and getting rid of his servants using reverse psychology but he also kept a smile all the way through, not letting anyone find out about his hateful grudge of Fortunato. This is an amazing achievement because Fortunato and Montresor are not just some ordinary people, Montresor is a very affluent man with a palace and Fortunato was also a very wealthy man too when he lived. Montresor and Fortunato seemed to be large figures in the community in The Cask Of Amontillado. There should have been some suspicion but also some type of search for his
Anger and redemption are are traits in all humans, but some take it too far. In Edgar Allen Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, the protagonist of the story, Montresor takes his anger as far as building a wall around his enemy, Fortunato. Readers learn Montresor built the wall around him because Fortunato publicly humiliated him in the past which causes this anger. First of all, Montresor methodically planned out the death of Fortunato before hand. In addition, Montresor made sure the death was long and painful for Fortunato. Lastly, he delivered on his plan of killing Fortunato very well, unlike some other villains. Therefore, Montresor of “The Cask of Amontillado” is the most evil character of the stories read in class.
First of all, Montresor methodically plans out the death of Fortunato. In The Cask Of Amontillado, Montresor says, “ Throwing the bones aside, I soon uncovered a quantity of building stone and mortar” (Poe 11). In other words, Montresor had the brick and mortar ready to go so he could start building the wall …show more content…
As said by Montresor, “ For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!” (Poe 12). This means, for half of a century or fifty years no one has even found out what happened to Fortunato. He not only kept the whole plan secret by planning to have the murder during carnival and getting rid of his servants using reverse psychology but he also kept a smile all the way through, not letting anyone find out about his hateful grudge of Fortunato. This is an amazing achievement because Fortunato and Montresor are not just some ordinary people, Montresor is a very affluent man with a palace and Fortunato was also a very wealthy man too when he lived. Montresor and Fortunato seemed to be large figures in the community in The Cask Of Amontillado. There should have been some suspicion but also some type of search for his