he!” said Fortunato thinking all of this was a joke (Poe 10). But really it was not a joke, and Montresor was planning to kill Fortunato deep inside the eerie catacombs. This foreshadowing that occurs throughout the story creates the suspense that keeps the reader on
When Montresor tricks Fortunato into coming into the vaults with him it gets the reader on the edge of their seat wondering how Montresor will get his revenge. Poe leaves readers wondering what will happen until the climax comes and Montresor traps Fortunato in the wall of the vault for all eternity.
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 “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.
Everybody will eventually want revenge on an old friend or just someone they know. Montressor, similar to many people in the world, wants revenge on one of his old friends, Fortunato. The story opens with, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge” (Poe 212). In this statement, Montressor tells the reader what the cause of his revenge against Fortunato is. “The Cask of Amontillado”, written by Edgar Allen Poe, tells the story of how Montressor brings Fortunato into the catacombs to bury him alive.
Foreshadowing is another literary technique that Poe successfully embeds in “The Cask of Amontillado title itself. The word “Cask” in the title portrays/resembles the idea of a real casket where a person lays after their death, which persuades the reader to come to the conclusion that the story involves the death of an individual. Additionally, another substantial moment of foreshadowing entertaining with hyperbole is the opening line of “The Cask of Amontillado”. Poe begins the story with Montresor vowing his revenge upon Fortunato “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge”, which foreshadows Fortunato’s death as Montresor had suffered enough of the insults.
All of Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” takes place in the catacombs beneath the home of Montresor. Montresor lures Fortunato down into the catacombs to kill him for insulting him. Montresor lures Fortunato by telling him he has a cask of Amontillado in the catacombs under the house. They get to the end of the catacombs and Montresor lures Fortunato into a dark room. While Fortunato is looking around for the Amontillado, Montresor is building a wall to block Fortunato in which kills him.
There is beauty in his description of the crypt and the arrangements of bones which resemble the catacombs in Paris. Poe also adds a sense of humor to Montresor’s tone when he is describing how he managed to get his servants out of his house. This further engages the reader into making them believe that maybe Montresor isn’t completely demented and has the humor of an average and fair-minded individual, but this is far from the truth. Overall, it may be said that “The Cask of Amontillado” is a dark and horrifying story that is beautifully told through the creative writing style of Edgar Allen Poe.
In the short horror story “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allan Poe, Poe uses several literary devices to make the story more horror filled. The story begins with Montresor, the narrator, explaining why he wants to get revenge towards his “friend”. Montresor wants to see Fortunato dead because Montresor was insulated by Fortunato. Poe uses figurative language like: dramatic irony, verbal irony, and foreshadowing to give the reader clues about how Montresor tricks Fortunato and kills him. Poe’s uses dramatic irony and gives the reader something Fortunato does not know yet.
Edgar Allan Poe wrote “The Cask of Amontillado” in 1846 to resemble a carnival at night. But, Poe had a secret lurking under the setting of the carnival. The Cask of Amontillado features Montresor and his best tricks to get Fortunato alone and to kill him. Montresor’s plan begins the night of the carnival, then to luring Fortunato away from the carnival, and finally to chaining Fortunato up in the catacomb under his house.
In the short story The Cask of Amontillado written by Edgar Allan Poe there are only two characters through out the whole story, Montressor and Fortunato. Both are friends with some history but Montressor is upset because his so called friend Fortunato keeps insulting him and he has finally had enough of it. Though in the entirety of the story I don’t think that Fortunato really insults or means to insult because his character is depicted as an exuberant man. Therefore I think that Montressor is overly sensitive and acted on his impulse to kill his friend over a flimsy little insult. Sigmund Freud is a psychologist who came up with a model which introduced id, super-ego, and ego.
The Allure of Wine “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story about Montresor’s plan of revenge against Fortunato. Montresor mentions Fortunato has been insulting him for a great deal of time. However, when Montresor finds out Fortunato was disrespecting his family’s name, he begins to seek revenge against Fortunato. As Montresor plans his revenge, he knows the only way to properly seek revenge is if he gets away with it by no one knowing what he has done and Fortunato can’t retaliate. Fortunato is unware Montresor is seeking revenge against him.
In The Cask of Amontillado the author, Poe, shows examples of the characters being doubtful and careful. By using words like doubts , health, precious, and implore. When the author says “We will go back; your health is precious.” Montresor, the antagonist, was not saying what he said out of interest. He’s acting like he cares to lure him to be by themselves so he can kill Fortunato.
In the title we have the word Cask, which means wine barrel, but it is derived from the same root word used to form casket, meaning coffin, so since the title the author tells us that the story is about the coffin of Amontillado. Irony, both dramatic and verbal, plays an important role in this process. Dramatic irony occurs when the reader becomes painfully aware of what will become of Fortunato even though the character continues his descent into the catacombs in pursuit of the Amontillado. Poe further adds to this effect by calling the character Fortunato (It is ironic that in this story a man of misfortune should be named Fortunato), and dressing him in a fool's costume since Montresor intends to make a fool of him as part of his dark
“The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allan Poe, is a story about Montressor’s plan and execution of Fortunado, a man who was once his friend. The setting does a great job of foreshadowing Fortunado’s death. The setting starts off at “about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season.” This setting has a happy sense as well as darkness. The carnival is a joyous celebration that Fortunado and Montressor were taking part in.
