Montresor Character Analysis

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A protagonist in a story is usually someone who is a leading character/a hero. The Antagonist is the person who is opposed to the protagonist also can be known as the villain. Though it may seem that Montresor is the antagonist, he is not, he is a protagonist. Montresor started out as a hero and turned into a villain when something traumatic happened to him. Montresor is a protagonist for many reasons, Fortunato is responsible for his unhappiness, to satisfy his anger he killed his rival, but he is also an antagonist, for he is an unreliable narrator.

First of all, the story starts out with Montresor stating that his rival, Fortunato wronged him thus he wanted to get avenged. During the lure of Fortunato, he said to his rival, “you are

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