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Who Is Montresor Vengeful

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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.” He used verbal irony throughout “The Cask of Amontillado”. An example of verbal irony is, “ True-true”. Montresor said this to Fortunato after he started coughing and said, “...the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough.” What Fortunato doesn’t know is that he will not die of a cough but that …show more content…

So Montresor was malicious throughout “The Cask of Amontillado” because he was intending to harm Fortunato. Montresor had a plan to kill him. He lured Fortunato by making him believe that there was Amontillado in his Family’s vaults. Montresor lied to Fortunato by stating, “ My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met… But I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts.” He lied to him about how he was “luckily met..” because really all Montresor was trying to do was put on an act on how he was being nice to him. He just wanted to lure him to the vaults so there were alone and so that he could continue on his plan to kill him and seek revenge. Montresor himself was a murderous human being who was looking for revenge after being insulted by his dear friend

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Within “A Poison Tree” it states, “I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.” This shows he hates his foe and since they proceeded with not talking about it the situation grew bigger. In the story “The Cask of Amontillado” Montresor hated Fortunato with so much of himself he “began vigorously to wall up the entrance of the niche.” This meant after tricking him into the vault he started to conceal the exit blocking him in there for life. He never stated he had a problem with how Fortunato was treating him.

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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

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In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe Montresor kills Fortunato because he insulted him. I think Fortunato was easily killed because he was drunk,full of himself,and stubborn. In Fortunato's reasons he was easily killed the main one was he was very drunk. Fortunato was a wine connoisseur so he loved to drink wine and probably drank tons each day and with carnival in town he was very drunk when he met Montresor. In “The Cask of Amontillado” Montresor even thought this was his weakness “ He had a weak point-this Fortunato-although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared”(1).

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Edgar Allen Poe wrote many great stories in his lifetime including “The Cask of Amontillado” which is a suspenseful story about a man named Montresor getting revenge on a jester named Fortunato for insulting him and ruining his family name. Montresor got revenge by leading Fortunato to his family catacombs and trapping him in the wall for all eternity, by using suspense, verbal irony and foreshadowing Poe brought us to this climactic point in the story. In the “Cask of Amontillado” Poe tells a story about a man, Montresor, getting revenge on the one who tarnished his family name, Fortunato. Poe starts off the story with a monologue from Montresor talking about how he will get revenge on Fortunato for insulting him Montresor said “at length I will be avenged” (83) showing Montresor plans to get his revenge no matter what.

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In the story ¨The Cask of Amontillado¨ by Edgar Allan Poe is a powerful story about revenge that takes readers into the mind of a murderer. Montresor is a perfect example of an unreliable narrator because he was capable of burying Fortunato into a vault. He vows revenge on Fortunato for an insult. He can’t be trusted, even if he’d be lying about Fortunato’s death. Fortunato´s name means ¨fortunate¨ which in reality, he didn 't really turn out that way.

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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.

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Edgar Allen Poe uses irony to create suspense in "The Cask of Amontillado", by using Montresosr plotted revenge against

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In both stories, the narrator mad that you can not say that they are not smart, though neither believes he is mad. We know that they are crazy because of their irrational intent to kill people who never actually harmed them. In The Cask of Amontillado, whatever insults inflicted Fortunado were relatively minor, with the proviso that they exist at all, and does not Fortunado treats Montreasor as a friend and shows him

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Montresor’s phony affection towards Fortunato gave Fortunato a false sense of security as he followed Montresor farther into the catacombs. This fake affection is first shown when Montresor tells Fortunato about the conditions of the vaults. Montresor states, “My friend, no. I will not impose upon your good nature... the vaults are insufferably damp.”

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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.

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To begin with it is evident Montresor is showing a generous amount of kindness. Leading up to the trap Montresor ironically tries to act as if he cares about Fortunato’s safety and wellbeing. Montresor expressing that he does not want Fortunato to get sick. Fortunato begs Montresor for them to go down to the vaults to taste the amontillado but Montresor explains that he does not want Fortunato to become ill because it is so cold down there. Poe writes “My friend, no.

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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.

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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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He obsesses to revenge with physically and perfectly, and also enjoys it during the process of the plan. He is not lazy to prepare for revenge, he takes advantage of Fortunato’s pride well and lures him to the vaults. He chews well and enjoys the last moment of his death. In this story “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor is described a very callous and cruel man. Poe describes the mental state of a man who is going to kill people horribly and admirably.

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For the rest of Montresor’s life, he has to hold on to the secret that he murdered Fortunato. Secrets such as these take a toll on individuals. Another take on “The Cask of Amontillado” is that Fortunato acts as a symbol for Montresor. By killing Fortunato, Montresor is also symbolically killing a part of himself that he is ashamed to possess.

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