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.
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.
His name means lucky and fortunate. Despite that, Fortunato was the complete opposite from lucky. First of all, he wasn’t lucky because he became friends with the wrong person. He was deceived and ended up being punished for his foolishness. It shows us how if we are friends with the wrong people, we can get into trouble and may suffer immensely because of it.
In “The Cask of Amontillado”, Edgar Allan Poe displays the theme of revenge and manipulation. The narrator Montresor pledges revenge on Fortunato for an insult that is never explained. He maintains an appearance of goodwill towards Fortunato and decides to make use of Fortunato's weakness for fine wines against him. During the carnival season, the narrator approaches Fortunato, telling him that he has come across something that could pass for Amontillado a rare and expensive wine. Fortunato being excited about the news insists on accompanying Montresor to the vaults to determine whether it is Amontillado or not.
The Fine Line Between Obvious and Oblivious Is it true that one can remain so oblivious to something that is supposedly so obvious? What can one truly say about the fine line between the two and the dangers surrounding them? Portrayed in both, “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, and “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, is the impeccable use of foreshadowing by both authors. Foreshadowing adds depth to any piece of literature and if properly recognized by the reader, can be very enticing. This aspect of literature ignites a reader's interest and fuels their curiosity.
The narrator explains that Fortunato prides himself on his connoisseurship in wine. Later in the story the narrator asks Fortunato to come over to his house to taste the Amontillado that he has recently purchased. The narrator states, “ He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack- but in the matter of old wines he was sincere. ”(2)
of what passes for Amontillado”(Poe 3). At this point he already began the manipulation. Now most likely if it was someone else to tell or even guide fortunado to a far off place he would disagree, but as him and montresor are friends he went the distance for amontillado. ”"The Amontillado!" ejaculated my friend”(Poe 7). The next two understandings were put in effect to end the young connoisseurs life as since he 's gone nobody would go searching for him as he is the top competition.
This statement, said by Montressor, is telling Fortunato that somebody needs to test the amontillado to conclude that it is either authentic or
The fictional short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe takes place in the catacombs of Montresor’s palace, during the carnival’s climax. The story begins when Montresor, the villain of the story, vows revenge on Fortunato. Throughout the story, the author doesn't tell us what the revenge will be, but his choice of words in the details creates a mood in the reader. The author’s detailed description in the short story creates different moods in the reader like anger, satisfaction, curiosity, and victory because the chosen words connect with the audience.
He was a joke by following Montresor to the catacombs. In the next quote, they are in the catacombs close to the execution. “Putting on a mask of black silk, and drawing a rolquelaire closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo” (Poe 212). A killer does not have a uniform, but an executer typically wears a black silk mask. Knowing this the reader can sense what will happen to Fortunato.
Along with irony and characterization, symbolism is used to prove that people hold grudges, their pride of identity gives way to revenge, which can end in a fatality. The wine and apple are symbolic of temptation. Montresor is deep in the catacombs with Fortunato, but the only thing that he is focused on is the wine, not his safety. They are both used to make them think that they are getting what they want, but instead the opposite happens. “But I must first render you all the little attentions in my power.’
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.
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.
The tale is told by a narrator named Montresor, who was insulted multiple times by a man named Fortunato. Montresor goes to great lengths in order to seize revenge against his enemy. In pursuance of luring Fortunato into Montresor’s catacombs, Montresor misleads Fortunato into believing an expensive wine called Amontillado is
All he could think about was the amazing Amontillado. Montresor traps Fortunato and feels guilty. Fortunato started saying how he has a family and places to go back
