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.
Throughout the story Montresor expressed his extended hatred towards Fortunato, a fellow friend. With great care and patience he meticulously formed a plan to end Fortunato. However,
In the “Cask of Amontillado” Montressor is a very angry and vengeful man. He says that he was insulted by Fortunato, but fails to give a reason as to why or how. He begins to enact his revenge by luring Fortunato in with the rare wine and when his “friend” Fortunato is drunk, he t proceeds to bring him deeper and deeper underground, while telling him to turn around repeatedly. Once he reached a place where no one can hear them, Fortunato walked into what he thought was another corridor, but it would turn out to be his grave! For as soon as Fortunato hit the wall, Montressor chains him against it.
Montresor’s manipulation of Fortunato is a very important element in this story, and in fact is what the entire story is about. Montresor takes advantage of a few qualities of Fortunato. First, he takes advantage of Fortunato’s connoisseurship of wine. Because Fortunato is a virtuoso in identifying wine, this allows Montresor to draw him in with an offer, if Fortunato can tell the quality of the wine, he and Montresor will win big. However, this is only the start of the manipulation.
He has plotted a revenge for him so that Fortunato could get what he deserved. Montresor planned for Fortunato to get drunk and then lure him to his home where he will kill him . After Fortunato is led back to Montresor’s house be deceiving him and took him to the catacombs of the Mansion where the supposed Amontillado wine is. Montresor was planning to trap Fortunato in the catacombs to kill him, this is an extremely horrible death. Dying of starvation or thirst would be a painful way to go especially in a dark catacomb surrounded by skeletons and the smell of rot and dampness.
In order to have Fortunato follow him home, Montresor asks if he can help him decide if what he bought was an Amontillado. Fortunato has a weakness as a connoisseurship in wine, and agrees to help his friend. Secondly, Montresor continuously mentions how Luchresi could assist Montresor if Fortunato could not. This angered Fortunato, and pushed him to keep going.
In the story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe the character Montresor killed a man by the name of Fortunato by chaining him up and walling him in. Montresor did and does not feel guilt for this crime. He did not feel guilt for this crime because he believed he was right for doing so. That reason is because Fortunato insulted him and because they were upper class it was more serious even though it never states in the story of what Fortunato said. Montresor only felt a little guilty and that was when he sealed the last brick down other than that he did not feel guilt especially if he kept it a secret for fifty years.
The character Montresor in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” suffers from Anti-social personality disorder. With several signs pointing towards this diagnosis is would be naive to suggest otherwise. One might argue that Montresors lack of impulsivity, suggests that he does not suffer from this disorder, but, because of the severity of the other symptoms, it more than balances out. For example, Montresors behaviour indicates severe lack of remorse. Fortunato mensions his family by saying “But is it not getting late?
He decides to seek revenge; however, in a measured technique, without placing himself at a risk. Therefore, Montresor has deliberately planned for this meeting by sending his servants away to the carnival. In addition, he ensures that Fortunato will follow him into the wine cellar by playing on his pride, and by informing him not to leave. Once Montresor has lured his enemy Fortunato deep into the catacombs, Montresor reveals a trowel which he has carefully hidden beneath his cloak. The author illustrates the reader through the quote that “I said, replacing the tool beneath the cloak, and again offering him my arm.
Montresor asks Fortunato to use his expert wine test tasting skills to tell if a bottle of wine is authentic or not. Since Fortunato is an arrogant person, he does not suspect or have any suspicion to his ‘friends’ request. Once Montresor and Fortunato make their way down deep into the catacombs, Montresor tricks Fortunato into a corner. Then, Montresor handcuffs Fortunato to the wall. Fortunato is fasten to the wall with no escape.
In “The Cask of Amontillado” we can see that the relationship between Montresor and Fortunato was intense, Montresor wanted to get even with Fortunato because Fortunato had insulted him so many
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.
For something to be said as horrific as that, we think that Fortunato has obviously done something very wrong to Montresor. If this short story was told from Fortunato’s point of view instead of Montresor’s, he would be very carefree and innocent. I say this because he was having a grand
In the beginning of the short story, Montresor defines revenge on his friend Fortunato for believing he has insulted him. Montresor has become angry that his friend is taking advantage of him and overlooking at him like a fool,
Montresor then starts to easily manipulate Fortunato. Montresor uses Fortunato’s vanity against him to get what he wants. Fortunato thinks that Montresor has nothing against him and just wants him to taste wine. Fortunato goes with Montresor, and in doing this Fortunato becomes complicit in his own demise by insisting on sampling the amontillado. This allows Montresor to take control and lure Fortunato to the vaults, where Montresor becomes murderous.
