The Cask Of Amontillado By Edgar Allen Poe

“The Cask Of Amontillado” Analysis

The Cask Of Amontillado is a very dreadful story of tragic misfortune. In this thrilling story, the Montresor is angered by Fortuanto for the disrespect brought upon him by his poor choice of decisions. Naturally, Montresor acted out of his aggression against Fortunatanto. Edgar Allen Poe displays to his readers in this story that there is a dark side of human nature associated with the characters Montresor and his victim Fortunato. This development of characters is directly related to the themes which are revenge that Montresor seeks on Fortunato, The pride of Fortunato, and the self-delusion of Montresor wanting to kill Fortunato, as well as the delusion that Fortunato has for wine. First, the development

The character Montresor seeks revenge for the humiliating insult that was brought upon Montresoor by Fortunato. This period of time, which dates back to the seventeen hundreds. Montresor is insulted by Fortunato which causes Motresor to seek revenge against Fortunato for the insult that was to Montresor. Montresor would then lewer the enemy to which was the family’s catacombs by using the love of wine to trap Fortunato into the final resting place. In a citation by Classics review, “By appealing to his enemy’s pride, Montresor lures Fortunato into his family vaults to sample some wine to determine if it is true Amontillado. Once there, Montresor bricks the drunken man into a niche in the wall to die” (49). This theme of revenge is plotted directly in this story where Montresor seeks that vengeance against Fortunato for the public humiliation that had been caused. As Montresor’s hatred develops towards Fortuanto’s use of insult and disrespect, it is then rapidly overturned into anger. Author Edgar Allen Poe states that “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.” (Poe 238). Edgar Allan Poe describes

These are the three main theme developments throughout the end of this story. The first theme discussed in this essay is revenge. The revenge is intriguing to observe that the family motto of the Montresors is "No one attacks (or "wounds") me with impunity." This suggests that his family has always valued vengeance as a crucial component of their honor. The second theme that makes an appearance in this story is pride. The story's central topic is pride, and Montresor's furious pride is what fuels the desire for retribution. Montressor is happy to display his family's crest to Fortunato because Fortunato was naive enough to think Montreseur was eager to share the cask. The third theme is self-delusion. This is a self depiction of the mind, in which Montressor experiences in this story. The killing of Fortunato is a mind altering thing that makes the brain act out in extreme measure. Montressor traps Fortunato by trapping and bricking Fortunato in the family's catacombs to feed this hunger of self-delusion, thinking Fortuanto deserves death for the actions committed towards