Amontillado

“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe consisted of two characters that made the story very interesting. The main characters, Montresor and Fortunato, both played a major role in the story. In the short story, the narrator, Montresor, lures his former friend, Fortunato, to an underground maze of tunnels and tombs. There he gets Fortunato drunk, locks him in chains, and walls him up before leaving him to die slowly. The story is being told 50 years later by Montresor, who says he's…

he or she must get away with it unbeknownst to anyone else. Edgar Allan Poe makes sure to emphasize that the person who is scoring revenge must never be exposed to or caught by anyone else. A key ingredient to the narrator's plot in "The Cask of Amontillado" is the setting. It takes place in a creepy, underground catacomb in Italy during carnival season. The setting of the story is ironic. During carnival season, everyone is dressed up and celebrating while Fortunato is blindlessly being lead…

Fortunato’s weakness to help develop his plan of revenge. The story then leads into Montresor baiting Fortunato to encourage the chance of him wanting to try the Amontillado. Therefore, Montresor’s last action of his plan is using Fortunato’s intense relationship with wine and chaining him to the wall. In the Edgar Allen Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado” the theme of revenge is illustrated by the actions of Montresor and setting of the story. In the light of Montresor, he identifies…

since Edgar Allan Poe describes the death of a gullible fool, yet the taste of a murderer’s Amontillado wine remains bittersweet. Although the work is fictional, “The Cask of Amontillado” provides a realistic, emotional, and dismal libretto, depicted as a tale of revenge and a murder in cold blood. Through the use of symbolism, theological allusion, and foreshadowing, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” informs the reader that seeking revenge upon enemies proves as consequential as…

Descriptive details used in “The Cast of Amontillado”. On the short story “The Cast of Amontillado”, Edgar Allan Poe generates a mood of dreadful suspense that leads to horror. One of the primary ways in which Edgar Allen Poe creates a dark and foreboding mood in his story "The Cask of Amontillado" is using setting. It is in the pitch of night that Montresor happens upon Fortunato and invites him back to his abandoned estate. From there Fortunato and Montresor wander deep into the estates'…

in Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, “The cask of Amontillado”. In Poe’s story, the protagonist, Montresor, seeks vengeance on Fortunato for the insults he has spoken. Montresor shares that Fortunato has added insult to injury and that he will not allow him to get away with such acts, and for that reason, Montresor carefully plans and executes revenge in the form of a live burial. Montresor lures Fortunato into the catacombs by offering him Amontillado, but in reality, Fortunato is being led to…

actually causes more damage by leaving an emotional scar of guilt and unpleasantness. In “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allan Poe, readers can see Montresor’s emotional scar when he still clearly recalls his crime of murdering his acquaintance, Fortunato, fifty years…

Poe’s Use of Symbolism in “The Cask of Amontillado” “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is a tale of a person consumed by the desire for revenge. Poe attempts to rationalize Montresor’s plan from the very beginning as Montresor narrates his plot. “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge”. Poe never elaborates with specific details of how Fortunato insulted or wronged Montresor, but simply indicates that…

Your best friend insulted you. Do you seek revenge or let it go? Many of us would think no more of it and go on with our lives, yet Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is a short story where one character takes the common saying “taste of your own medicine” rather gravely and declares vengeance. Set in the dank, grimy catacombs of Italy during the “supreme madness of the carnival season” (Poe 1), the tale revolves around two characters, Montresor and Fortunato where Montresor, a…

The short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe (1846), is a tale about revenge. The narrator, Montresor, has vowed revenge against Fortunato for insulting him. “[…] but when he [Fortunato] ventured upon insult I vowed revenged” (Poe 1). As the story develops, it really seems as though Montresor was able to commit the perfect crime. He ends up getting away with his thorougly planned, premediated crime, and faces no repercussions. He knew exactly when, where, and who to kill. To…