Symbolism is another tool that Poe uses to enchant this story even more. For example, Montresor’s crest that shows a serpent biting the heel of the human that is standing on it. In my opinion, I think that this crest represents the relationship between Montresor and Fortunato. In addition, the phrase that is being said on the crest “Nemo me impune laccessit.”(Meyer, 741) reinforces the readers that whoever insults Montresor will pay. “The Cask of Amontillado” also is a symbolic element in both literal and a figurative meaning. Cask means a container where wine is mainly stored, and Amontillado is the wine that Fortunato is dying to taste. Fortunato’s curiosity will lead him into the place where his body will be stored in a cask that was made
