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Cask Of Amontillado Setting

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“The Cask of Amontillado”

“The Casks of Amontillado” contains two characters going into the catacombs to obtain some wine. With an intelligent mind, one of character’s named Montresor creatively gets his revenge on the other character, Fortunato. He can’t achieve it without the proper setting. Everything has to be at the right time and place in order for his plan to work. The events in the story happened because of the setting. The carnival and catacombs indicate that the story is located in Italy. The catacombs are where people’s remains would be stored underneath the ground. That’s where the story takes place. Montresor convinces Fortunato to come by allowing him to taste wine. Fortunato is known for tasting wine. Montresor ironically tells him he can get someone else if he is feeling sick. Fortunato had too much of a passion for wine tasting that he declines Montresor's suggestion. Montresor specifically wants him to try a wine called Amontillado, however there is none. …show more content…

In this type of location, the story already sounds like Montresor wants to do something malicious. The setting gives an impression that it’s dark and eerie. At any location with corpse are often seen as unwelcoming and funereal. The area is cold, damp, and old because there was nitre, "The nitre!" I said; "see, it increases. It hangs like moss upon the vaults.” The air is also damp and stale. If someone were to find him inside, they won’t notice it was Montresor because Fortunato will already be considered as a dead

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