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The Cask Of Amontillado Revenge Analysis

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The idea of Revenge in "The Cask of Amontillado" The narrator, Montresor, opens story by stating that he has been irreparably insult by his acquaintance, Fortunato, and that he seeks revenge.Fortunato wants revenge, but in away, without placing himself at risk. Fortunato decides to use fondness wine against him. During the carnival season, Montresor, wears a mask that has black silk, and approaches Fortunato. Montresor tells Fortunato that he has acquired something that could pass for amontillado, a light Spanish sherry.Fortunato(Italian for Fortunate")wears a multi colored costume called the jester, including a cone cap with bells. Montresor tells Fortunato that if he is too busy, he will ask a man Luchesi to taste it. Fortunato apparently …show more content…

The two men descended into the demo vaults, which are covered by with nitre or saltpeter, a whitish mineral. Fortunato begins to cough because of the nitre. Montresor keeps offering to bring Fortunato back home, but Fortunato he keeps refusing to go. He accepts wine as the antidote to his cough. The men countuned to Montresor family. In response to the crypts, Fortunato claims to have forgotten Montresor 's family coat of arms and motto. Montresor responds that his family shield portrays"a huge human foot d 'or, in a field Azure; crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel. "The motto, in Latin, is" nemo me impune lacessit,"that is "no one attacks me with impunity". Later in their journey, Fortunato masks a hand movement that is a secret sign Mansons, an exclusive fraternal organization. Montresor never does recognize this hand signal, through the claims that he is a Manson. When Fortunato asks for proof, Montresor shows him his trowel, implication being that Montresor is an actual stonemason. Fortunato says that he must always be jesting, and the two men continued onward. The men walk into a crypt, where humans bones decorate three of the four walls. The bones from the fourth wall have been thrown down on the ground. On the exposed wall is a small recess, where Montresor tells Fortunato that the amontillado being stored. Fortunato, now heavily intoxicated, goes to the back of recess. …show more content…

Fortunato screams confusedly as Montresor builds the first layer of the wall. The alcohol soon wears off and Fortunato means, terrified and helpless. As the layers continue to rise, through, Fortunato falls silent. Just as Montresor is about to finish, Fortunato laughs as if Montresor is playing a joke on him, but Montresor is not joking. At last, after a final plea,"For the love of God, Montresor!" Fortunato stops answering Montresor who then calls twice out his enemy 's name. After no response, Montresor claims that his heart feels sick because of the dampness of the catacombs. He fits the last stone into place and plasters the wall closed, his actions accompanied only by the jingling of Fortunato 's bells. He finally repositions the bones on disturbed them. He always concludes with a Latin phrase meaning"May he rest in

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The authors also want the readers to have a mutual hatred towards Fortunato. 2. The techniques the author uses to help the readers visualize the place, people, and the events taking place within the story is imagery. He goes into details about the settings, and he also describes the coldness of being underground. The author also uses foreshadowing “I shall not die of a cough” and Montresor says “true” meaning he’ll probably die from dehydration and starvation in the vault.

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He leaned upon it heavily. We continued our route in search of the Amontillado” (Poe 394). According to the story, Montresor himself is doing a little drink along with Fortunato, so his slightly peculiar behavior, includes showing Fortunato his trowel. In addition, he pretends to be a Mason, but in actual he wasn’t a Mason. Also, Montresor is under pressure to get Fortunato off the street and down

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It was damp, dark, and intimidating down there with the walls covered in human remains. It also says, “We had passed through walls of piled bones, with casks and puncheons intermingling, into the inmost recesses of catacombs. I paused again, and this time I made bold to seize Fortunato by an arm above the elbow” (52). Once again, Montresor is trying to be nice and welcoming in the scary setting to trick Fortunado into trusting him until he can make his move. With the combination of Montresor’s fake friendliness and the suspicious surrounding, the reader could infer Montresor’s intensions in the catacombs.

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Montresor tortures Fortunato, both physiologically and physically. Montresor clearly gives Fortunato “multiple chances to escape his fate” (Delany 34), as he gives Fortunato obvious clues to his true intensions. These include leading Fortunato into a place for the dead, telling Fortunato not to go due to his severe cough that made it “impossible to reply” (Poe 5) at times, reminding Fortunato of his family arms, mentioning Luchesi, and showing Fortunato a trowel. Montresor seems to receive morbid joy out of the fact that Fortunato is so intoxicated that, just like the foot on Montresor’s coat of arms, he is unintentionally “stepping into his own destruction” (Cervo

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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.

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I ceased my labor and sat upon the bones.” Montresor listens to his enemy slowly dying. Fortunato then screams and moans for release, but Montresor enjoys the torment of Fortunato, and continues to observe the pain of his

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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)

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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.

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The quote shows the author's details create a shocking mood in the readers because he describes a detailed image the helps the reader envision what is going on. This action takes the audience by surprise because they know Montresor is getting revenge, but they aren’t told what it will be so they are as clueless as Fortunato. Montresor threw a torch in the niche where he tied Fortunato up and he finished closing up the wall, killing a man who considered him a friend. “I thrust a torch to the remaining aperture and let it fall within… I force the last stone into position; I plastered it up.” (pg7)

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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.

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Montresor is a grudge holder. In the beginning, Montresor, explains why he is angry with Fortunato, but didn’t come into detail of what he did to him. Evidently, Fortunato injured and insulted Montresor, who says that he has endured peacefully as Fortunato repeatedly offended him thousands of time. Fifty year ago, Fortunato use to deny what Montresor would say about, who he was or what he had done, as if it was untrue. Montresor would argue back and forth with him explaining that it was true.

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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.

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I shall not die from a cough” (86). He insisted to go to the catacombs. Fortunato does know he will not die from a cough, but he does not know he will die from something bigger that night. On the way to the catacombs, Montresor asks Fortunato what the motto is. Fortunato says that it is, “Nemo me impune lacessit” (86).

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