In “Cask of Amontillado” By Edgar Allen Poe, Poe’s use of foreshadowing impacts the story by giving the reader little hints and signs of danger. As Montresor starts his revenge plan, he shows Fortunato the Cellar and they walk past some major warning signs. As they walk through the hallway of the cellar Montresor and Fortunato walked past, “Walls of piled bones with casks and puncheons”(Poe 62). As Fortunato walked past the bones and casks he was not aware that something bad could happen because he was still drunk. This impacts the story because Piled bones and casks are big signs of foreshadowing but Fortunato ignores them. Montresor had pulled off the perfect plan to trap Fortunato because Fortunato could not comprehend what was going on,