The Cask Of Amontillado

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The Cask of Amontillado

The story “The Cask of Amontillado” is writing from the narrator Montresor perspective. He claims revenge against Fortunato who had insulted him in a thousand ways. The story begins with Montresor telling the story to an unidentified “You.” He explains that he had tolerated “a thousand injuries of Fortunato,” but Fortunato finally went too far. So he formulated a plan for revenge. Omit, Fortunato see Montresor as a friend, and he does not suspect about Montresor plan; he does not ever know that he has insulted it. During the carnival, Montresor meet Fortunato on the street; Fortunato is very glad to seeing him. Montresor's knowing Fortunato is particularly interested in wine.

Tell Fortunato that he purchased a Cask of Amontillado, but he is unsure if it is authentic and that he was about to met Luchesi to find out if the cask of amontillado is genuine. Fortunato in the other hand in insisted that he be the one whom to check the Cask of Amontillado so, he went to the Palazzo with Montresor. Montresor leads a drunken Fortunato through a series of vaults underground of his palazzo with the promise of a taste of Amontillado. When they reach the last underground vault, Montresor chains Fortunato to the wall builds a new wall to isolate him in it and let him die.
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We see the way he plans the crime and all the trouble he went through to succeeds his goals. Although he says “ The wrong would not make right unless Fortunato knew that he was paying and knew who was forcing him to pay.” He never mentions or shows evidence on how and which way Fortunato had insulted him. At the begging of the story, he said: “Fortunato to had hurt me in a thousand ways.” it shows that Montero is exaggerating in some

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