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Fortunato Vs Montresor Essay

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Do you like wine? In the short story The Cask of Amontillado written by Edgar Allen Poe the reader learns about the pride Fortunato takes in himself due to his connoisseurship in wine through direct characterization. Characterization is one of the most important literary elements. Throughout the story, the reader will learn about Fortunato and Montresor’s personalities and intentions, Poe’s use of the two forms of characterization. When Poe writes The Cask of Amontillado from the point of view of Montresor, Montresor directly states that Fortunato has insulted him and that Montresor will get his revenge. In this opening phrase, Montresor has told the audience through direct characterization that he feels anger and resentment toward Fortunato. The reader can also indirectly infer that Montresor is a man whom most people do not want to insult or upset. Later on in the introduction Fortunato’s character beings developing through direct characaterization. The reader learns Fortunato is man who should be respected and even feared. Fortunato is also a man who takes great connoisseurship in his wine, …show more content…

Montresor leads Fortunato through the vaults filled with niter. Montresor insists they should turn back and forget the Amontillado since Fortunato has a cough and can be harmed by the poisonous mold. Fortunato insists they keep going and that the cold is merely nothing. From this the reader can infer Fortunato is a determined person. From these actions the reader can also indirectly infer that Montresor is a smart minded clever guy. Montresor uses reverse psychology to lure Fortunato deeper and deeper into the vaults. Fortunato then makes a gesture referring to the masons; Fortunato tells the reader he is a member of the mason society through indirect characaterization. From this action the reader can infer Fortunato belongs to an upper class group of

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This attitude of Montresor showcases how little remorse he feels for Fortunato. He takes pleasure in the deception, knowing Fortunato remains oblivious to his sinister motives. This showcases the little guilt Montresor feels for taking advantage of Fortunato. He feels that everything he does is justified based on the actions of Fortunato earlier. Montresor also defends his actions by emphasizing that Fortunato seems to be a fool.

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The authors also want the readers to have a mutual hatred towards Fortunato. 2. The techniques the author uses to help the readers visualize the place, people, and the events taking place within the story is imagery. He goes into details about the settings, and he also describes the coldness of being underground. The author also uses foreshadowing “I shall not die of a cough” and Montresor says “true” meaning he’ll probably die from dehydration and starvation in the vault.

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It was damp, dark, and intimidating down there with the walls covered in human remains. It also says, “We had passed through walls of piled bones, with casks and puncheons intermingling, into the inmost recesses of catacombs. I paused again, and this time I made bold to seize Fortunato by an arm above the elbow” (52). Once again, Montresor is trying to be nice and welcoming in the scary setting to trick Fortunado into trusting him until he can make his move. With the combination of Montresor’s fake friendliness and the suspicious surrounding, the reader could infer Montresor’s intensions in the catacombs.

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Montresor tortures Fortunato, both physiologically and physically. Montresor clearly gives Fortunato “multiple chances to escape his fate” (Delany 34), as he gives Fortunato obvious clues to his true intensions. These include leading Fortunato into a place for the dead, telling Fortunato not to go due to his severe cough that made it “impossible to reply” (Poe 5) at times, reminding Fortunato of his family arms, mentioning Luchesi, and showing Fortunato a trowel. Montresor seems to receive morbid joy out of the fact that Fortunato is so intoxicated that, just like the foot on Montresor’s coat of arms, he is unintentionally “stepping into his own destruction” (Cervo

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Finally, meeting eyes with Fortunato himself. “Fortunato is that really you?” “Yes, Montresor it is me alive and well as you can see.” “But how? You have been buried here well over a year.”

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As Fortunato gets manipulated into going deeper into the cask, Montressor's true intentions become undeniably clear later as he begins to burry Fortunato alive. In order to get away with the murder, Montressor demonstrates many qualities that help him be an undiscovered killer. Montressor is introduced in the beginning of the story as a man who is very vengeful. As Montressor bares the last insult from Fortunato that he can take, he vows to get revenge for all of Fortunato's pranks. He decides enough is enough after multiple tricks, that it is time to get Fortunato back.

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Next, Montresor replies, “It is this, I answered, producing from beneath the folds of my roquelaire trowel.” (239). Although Fortunato does not understand that Montresor has lured him into the catacombs of his home with the intentions of murdering him, but the reader knows

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In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, Montresor is shown as hateful, vengeful, and smart. Montresor is shown to be hateful in the story when he describes that his smile is because he’s thinking of Fortunato’s death. “I continued, as was my want to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation”(Poe 372). This quote shows that Montresor is hateful because during this part, he is literally saying that he is thinking about and smiling about someone dying.

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Edgar Allan Poe and E.M. Foster both employ characterization to portray their characters’ extreme pride in their mastery of wine and literature. Throughout “The Cask of Amontillado”, Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates that with both direct and indirect characterization that Fortunato prides himself excessively on his knowledge of wine. When Poe begins to describe Fortunato through the viewpoint of Montresor, Montresor tells Fortunato “prides himself on his connoisseurship in wine” (Poe 1). Montresor’s affirmation of Fortunato’s pride allows the reader to learn about how others observe and interpret the actions of Fortunato. Whether or not Fortunato’s pride was excessive, his pride must have been abundant enough that his actions are perceived to

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As the story progresses it becomes exceptionally evident the role external conflict plays in creating Montresor’s character. To begin, Montresor mentions “the thousand injuries of Fortunato” and the revenge he is determined to get from the most recent injury, an insult (Poe 543). By Montresor choosing to open the story with remarks about Fortunato’s wrong doings towards him, it’s clear that he holds a grudge. These conflicts between the two men throughout their friendship have had such an impression on Montresor that it’s over taken him – it’s all he can think about; thus, he immediately mentions these conflicts at the beginning of the story. In result, Montresor as a character appears quite hostile and as a narrator appears unreliable.

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Montresor takes Fortunato to his vaults to find the rare wine called amontillado, and while there down there Montresor chains Fortunato to the wall in the vault (Poe). As Montresor and Fortunato are about to reach the destination of the amontillado, Montresor finalizes his revenge. To finalize his revenge, Montresor locks Fortunato to the vault’s wall. As soon as this happens, the reader is able to see Montresor’s murderous characteristics that he has been hiding. Fields tells us in an article,“Montresor uncovers his most illustrious plan to massacre Fortunato” ( Fields et al.).

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Fortunato is a fun loving character who is able to live life almost carefreely. However, Fortunato is also full of ignorance in regards to his current position with Montresor, especially when he is drunk. Due to his persistent ignorance and pride, Fortunato fails to see any danger or harm that he faces; instead, he only sees the hope of tasting a rare wine despite the obvious signs to the contrary. He misses his chances to turn back and his chances to escape, instead, Fortunato invests himself fully in the venture. By the time he realizes his ignorance, Fortunato finds himself chained to a wall while another one is being built in front of him.

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Like when they were going to the catacomb, Fortunato didn’t believe that Montresor was a “Mason” and when Montresor said that was Amontillado he gave Fortunato to drink. Fortunato deny that it was and said to him it tasted like Sherry. Montresor wanted

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At the carnival he informs Fortunato that he has a pipe of Amontillado, and he has his doubts. Then, using reverse psychology, he says he can see that Fortunato is engaged in something, and he will turn to Luchresi for connoisseur services. This makes Fortunato’s desire to taste the wine even deeper. Fortunato refuses and insists he taste the wine, completing step one in Montresor’s master plan. Then Montresor manipulates him a second time, says it’s not the engagement, but the severe cold Fortunato has.

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Montresor told Fortunato that he is a “rich, respected, admired, beloved” (86) man. He does not actually think that. When he says he “must not only punish” (83) Fortunato, but he must “punish [him] with impunity” (83), which he does. The first step in Montresor's plan is to get Fortunato to go in the catacombs. He says to Fortunato, “Come, we will go back, your health is precious” (86).

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