Manipulation In The Cask Of Amontillado

Some people believe that what Montresor did isn't that bad, but bringing a drunk person to a vault, chaining them up, and then surrounding them in bricks so they die, that's pretty bad. The story of "The Cask of Amontillado" is a story where Montresor or also known as the narrator has thought of a plan to kill Fortunato, a wine-loving person. At the end of the short story, he surprises us by describing that he never got caught and that no one has disturbed those vaults in over a couple of decades. The short story proves the reader cannot trust the narrator in "The Cask of Amontillado" to accurately portray events in the short story because he acted all nice just to manipulate Fortunato into thinking he was his friend and then ended up killing

One reason why you can't trust the narrator is that he states "and this time I made bold to seize Fortunato by an arm above the elbow," ( Poe 51). This is explaining that the narrator is grabbing Fortunato so that he can't escape and now has to go to the place where he would soon die. It's so unacceptable to do that, even though Fortunato is drunk doesn't mean you should take advantage of him so he doesn't know what's going on and is clueless. This also leads us right to our second piece of evidence. The narrator clearly states "Drink," I said, presenting him the wine," (Poe 39). This also proves that he is trying to make Fortunato more clueless and to make him sidetracked from what is actually happening. Also in another language, he says "Nemo me impune lacessit." (Poe 49). It Is translated to no one attacks me without consequences which is more hints to lead us that he is going to kill him. He should have never killed Fortunato. It is very wrong and he should be in jail, he needs to own up to his mistakes. This proves that Montresor or also known as the narrator is not reliable to portray correct events in the