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Montresor In The Cask Of Amontillado By Edgar Allen Poe

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Character Analysis of Montresor Imagine getting buried alive! That’s how the vengeful character of this story gets revenge. Edgar Allen Poe wrote many incredible stories, this is a character analysis of the protagonist in the short story “The Cask of Amontillado.” Written by Edgar Allen Poe, in “The Cask of Amontillado,” the manipulative and vengeful trait of Montresor impacts the story heavily. Montresor is exquisite at manipulating others. For example, line 5 states “I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts.” said Montresor. To better explain, this line shows how Montresor tempts Fortunato to his vault. Furthermore, in line 24, he states “there were no attendants at home… I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house,” this reveals how Montresor used “reverse psychology” to make sure there was no one at his palazzo. In addition, he supposes that Fortunato is engaged in something, and he is on his way to Luchresi for connoisseur services. This makes …show more content…

For instance, Montresor states at the beginning of the story, “I had borne as I best could, but when he ventures upon insult, I vowed revenge.” To better explain, if Montresor wasn’t vengeful the story would have been different and wouldn’t have happened. Furthermore, in line 47, Montresor tells Fortunato his family coat of arms shows a golden foot smashing a snake, but the snake is biting the heel of the offending foot, this image symbolically shows that someone may overpower a Montresor but the Montresors always strike back harder. In addition, he also tells Fortunato the motto in line 49 which expresses “No one attacks me with Impunity,” this indicates that Montresor’s victims are people who wronged him. This is significant because this displays that Montresor is vengeful and if he isn’t vengeful then the story would have been very

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During his plot of revenge on Fortunato in the beginning of the story Montresor's thoughts relate the theme. “he had a weak point this Fortunato, although in regards he is a man to be respected, and even feared” (Poe 62). This relates to the theme because it shows that Montresor is stalking his “prey” .The quote shows that he is acting like a hunter, like a predator, by the way he talks about Fortunato. His actions are in some ways similar to that of a sly fox, for example, the way he speaks of Fortunato, explaining his weaknesses and his

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Poe creates Montresor’s character cunning, secretive, and evil which helps create the suspense in the story. Poe is able to create and sustain a suspenseful mood in “The Cask of Amontillado” using setting, foreshadowing, and the characterization of Montresor. One way Poe creates suspense in his

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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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Montressor gains Fortunato's trust by constantly poking at him about his safety. "We will go back; your health is precious, " shows how Montressor pretends to care for him to gain his trust.   Fortunato is an easily fooled person which is why he had no second thoughts when Montressor said there was a pipe of Amontillado in the catacombs. His trust

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At the beginning of the story the narrator chooses the setting of Carnival. When one thinks of the carnival, the thought of joyful people, celebration and social interaction comes to mind. No one would have thought that that was the precise moment for Montresor to take revenge. The name of Fortunato itself is ironic, because the name of Fortunato means fortune in Italy. When Montresor reveals the audience that he “had fettered [Fortunato] to the granite”, the scene sends chills throughout the reader’s body (Poe 471).

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The description also shows how twisted and evil Montresor is as he enjoyed listening to the struggles of Fortunato. All these examples show how the author uses description to show the mood of horror and

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This foreshadows Montresor will be successful and he will bury Fortunato alive. Consequently, Poe not only uses foreshadowing but also irony to reveal the theme of revenge can lead man to unexplainable acts of

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In the short story, The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allen Poe uses dramatic irony, Character Actions, and Setting to enhance the ominous mood of the story. The thoughts that Montrouser thinks allow the reader to know more than Fortunato creating dramatic irony. Early in the story, Montrouser thinks about how Fortunato has brought injuries and insults to him. Montrouser thinks, in paragraph one, about how he must get revenge for what Fortunato has done to him and will be avenged.

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However, when he made a slight noise, the old man quickly woke up. Showing that the old man had a good sense of hearing and it also showed that the narrator didn't take concern about this before approaching him. If the narrator knew that the old man was barely sleeping and that he had a good sense of hearing, he wouldn't make that kind of careless mistake. In the "Cask of Amontillado," Montresor knew all of the weaknesses of Fortunato and knew every single thing in the vaults before even approaching Fortunato. It showed how much Montresor was serious about the plan and how much work he put into

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