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
Montressor reveals that he never did anything to cause Fortunato doubt of his good-will. He smiled in Fortunato's face because he was thinking of Fortunato's immolation or fate. "I must not only punish, but punish with impunity." (Montressor; Cask of Amontillado) Montressor says that quote
Throughout the story Montresor expressed his extended hatred towards Fortunato, a fellow friend. With great care and patience he meticulously formed a plan to end Fortunato. However,
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.
•Montresor does fulfill this definition of revenge. He boasts about how it has been fifty years since his crime and nobody has “disturbed” the catacomb that he has enclosed Fortunato. Regarding the second part, it is questionable. The fact that he is still telling this story a half century later may suggest that he is obsessed (“overtaken”) with his crime. And the third part, he did make himself known to Fortunato because Fortunato cries “For the love of God, Montresor” as he is being enclosed in the catacomb wall.
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.
Is Montresor just a selfish evil genius fueled with revenge, or a good samaritan who wants to give the people the vengeance they deserve? It’s very clear to see why Montresor is the ultimate character of revenge; Montresor indicates that he is going to kill Fortunato, just for the sake of revenge, as seen in this quote, “… He [Fortunato] ventured upon insult, I [Montresor] vowed revenge” (Poe 61). The whole story is based upon the concept of revenge.
Secondly, Montresor is vengeful in the cask of Montresor because he is always seeking revenge for Fortunato. The reason for the revenge was a long-standing grudge and betrayal. Montresor says “I have my doubts.” It starts with the grudge that Montresor was holding against Fortunado, even though lots of time went by. He still held this
As said in the short story Fortunato insults Montresor in the past: “THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge” (Poe ). Due to Fortunato’s insults and his past injuries that he dealt to Montresor, Montresor plans his revenge and waits it out for the perfect time. As soon as the insult reaches Montresor’s ears his revenge is already placed in stone: “At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely, settled” (Poe ). His reaction to Fortunato’s insult compels him to end their relationship and plot out his vengeance. Montresor’s revenge might be overdue as it is revealed that Fortunato has wronged Montresor more than once.
Montresor plans out an entire plan to kill Fortunato because he wants revenge instead of just telling him that he’s angry with him. Poe writes “Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones. For half of a century no mortal has disturbed them In pace requiescat.” (paragraph 89). Montresor took time to plan out an entire way to murder Fortunato, he made sure everyone was out of his house, he made sure that he did it on carnival night because everyone would be wearing masks, and he piled up bricks, so he was ready to barricade Fortunato in.
In life, mostly everyone will want revenge on someone they know that did wrong to them. When Montressor wanted revenge, he went insane and planned to kill the person who did him wrong. In the real world, most people do not try to kill someone if they did them wrong. Montressor is insane because of the way he got revenge on Fortunato. Poe proves in this story that some people use different, harsher ways to get revenge on
To explain, Montresor was insulted by Fortunato, the resolution to this conflict should have been as simple as confronting Fortunato with his hurt feelings. Instead, Montresor decides “[he] would be avenged” (Poe 543). Because of the dramatic way Montresor decides to resolve the conflict between himself and his friend, his character is shifted towards an unruly one. Montresor has no regards for those around him, he has no insight to anyone but himself. As a result of the way he chooses to resolve conflicts, he allows the conflicts to take control of his every action.
Did Edgar Allan Poe intentionally draw in readers by creating intriguing characters in his stories? Poe used specific characterization about his character Montresor in “The Cask of Amontillado” making him a character that is dynamic. Edgar Allan Poe created a malicious, vengeful, and contemptuous character by the name of Montresor in the story, “The Cask of Amontillado” One specific detail of characterization that Poe used was vengeful throughout the story, “The Cask of Amontillado”. Montresor was vengeful because he wanted to get revenge on Fortunato. Reasons why Montresor was vengeful was because Fortunato insulted Montresor and it ticked Montresor off so he stated, “ I vowed revenge.”
Being an unreliable narrator makes the reader wonder how much he had to include deceit in his story simply to justify his actions to himself. It is very possible that Fortunato was not, in fact, deserving of his death in this manner, and Montresor took a few of his innocent gestures or deeds the wrong way. His personality is full of deceit in the way that he manipulates people into giving him what he wants, too. In hindsight of the murder, Montresor recalls that “he had a weak point--this Fortunato--although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship of wine” (Poe 87).
In the beginning of the short story, Montresor defines revenge on his friend Fortunato for believing he has insulted him. Montresor has become angry that his friend is taking advantage of him and overlooking at him like a fool,
