Fortunato : A Short Story : Revising The Narrative Story

“The Cask of Amontillado” starts out with Montresor, the narrator, saying, “Fortunato has hurt me a thousands time and i had suffered quietly…I promise myself that I would make him pay for this that I would have revenge.”(68).

After completing the assassination of my dearest friend, Fortunato (IRONY), I exited the Montressor Catacombs. On the way back to my palazzo, I thought of countless excuses, if one were to question where Fortunato went. Hearing the noisy street, and seeing the light I hurried back. Entering my chamber, I saw, what looked to be a raven on my windowsill, with blood red eyes that stared into my soul. Frightened, I rushed to the window, to find nothing there. Reassuring myself, I sat down and reasoned it was because I didn’t have much sleep. Resting for quite sometime, I started to drift off. Somehow my mind thought of Fortunato. Did he trust me that much, or was he just in it for the Amontillado? How idiotic, of him to fall for that. Nevertheless,

Similarly, “The Cask of Amontillado” also revolves around the theme of confinement because Montresor’s revenge plan involves confining Fortunato in the underground catacombs in a state of intoxication and leaving him there to die. Fortunato’s end is a direct result of him being

In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, the dark side of human nature is illustrated through the character of Montresor and his victim, Fortunato. Montresor is a manipulative and vengeful person whom is obsessed with the downfall of Fortunato. Through the acts, words, and the thoughts of Montresor, one is able to see him carry out his plan for revenge.

Fortunato and I had gone to school with each other long ago, though were never friends. He’d bully me for my stubbiness, as I were short and chubby unlike the other kids. He’s hurt me ever since that day. I was playing with the friends that I did have once and he had tripped me on purpose, resulting in breaking my ankle and leaving me with a permanent limp forever. When I was, a mere adolescent had my first girlfriend, Fortunato had stolen her from me, they’d gone to a ball together hoping I wouldn’t find out though I’d known long before they knew. I puked on her face, I wasn’t sure if it was on purpose or not know. I courted his sister hoping he knows I want to be in his family. We get married and he still doesn’t like me, I had a child with

“Where is everyone?!” shouted Fortunato. “And where’s all the drinks?! Ahhh, there they are!” Fortunato exclaimed.

Who was Fortune's Fool? The answer to that question would be Fortunato. Fortunato is a character in Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Cask of Amontillado." Fortunato has wronged Montresor, the narrator of "Cask." The reader can't trust Montresor because he is an unreliable narrator, so the reader can't say for a fact that Fortunato had wronged Montresor. Montresor then seeks revenge on Fortunato. During carnivale season, Fortunato is drinking all types of wine. Montresor knows Fortunato is drunk so he goes to Fortunato and tells him he has Amontillado. Fortunato wants the Amontillado so much, that he is willing to do anything for it, that leads him to his death. Montresor brought Fortunato into the

Foreshadowing Although Montessor’s actions express the guilt side of the theme, foreshadowing expresses the complete opposite side; satisfaction. As Montressor is leading Fortunato through the catacombs towards his death, he is talking to Fortunato as if he is his friend but he foreshadows Fortunato’s death multiple times which Fortunato does not seem to pick up because of how drunken he is. For example, when Fortunato’s cough is getting worse, Montressor says “You are a man to be missed.

Another indirect factor that could contribute to Montresor’s vengeful act, and thus the story’s theme of revenge, is his state of mind. Some critics have analyzed the opening line of this short story and have determined that it could contribute to an insane state of mind. When the opening line states, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge,” it does not describe what the insult is. The fact that Montresor does not give a specific description of the insult leads many critics to believe that Montresor has acted irrationally in murdering Fortunato and that he is insane. Another example of Montresor’s insanity is found when he replies to Fortunato’s screams (Baraban). In the story, Montresor states, “I replied to the yells of him who clamoured. I re-echoed, I aided, I surpassed them in volume and in strength” (Poe 1616). Critics view this statement as contributing to Montresor’s unstable state of mind, and thus contributing to his act of revenge (Baraban).

In fact, Fortunato wears motley with a stripped dress with a conical cap adorned with bells, as if he had to act like a fool, while the murderer wears a gruesome dress made up of a clock and a mournful mask of black silk, which hides his face. From the very beginning, the narrator, who is the fabled nobleman Montresor, clears up the reason for his grudge against the Italian man, ironically called “Fortunato” whom he wants to murder in an atrocious way through a diabolical trick, which punishes with impunity. According to the narrator, it does not make sense to make up for a wrong if the enemy is given the possibility to defend himself. As a consequence, revenge must be infallible, total, perfectly rational and pitiless, without the least chance

He is surprised to find the real Amontillado, but his astonishment does not last long. He is really frightened by Montresor’s behavior. First, he regains his consciousness completely and gives “a low moaning cry”. When he finds out that Montresor intends to kill me, he is terrified and bursts out “a succession of loud and shrill screams”. Fortunato is so terrified, helpless and desperate that he has a mental breakdown and becomes insane.

What could drive someone to commit an act as unfathomably cruel as burying another person alive, many readers wonder. Although the answer to this question has escaped readers for centuries, an application of Freudian psychology helps to unearth some answers. Freudian psychology subscribes to the notion that the subconscious –the part of our brain that, unbeknownst to us, controls many of our behaviors–is divided into multiple parts. Montresor is the protagonist in The Cask of Amontillado. He would be an anti-hero or quite possibly the villain protagonist. Fortunato would be the antagonist. Since Montresor was the narrator, very little information was given in regards to Fortunato. In the beginning , when Fortunato is first introduced into the story, he is dressed like a fool. Fortunato’s addiction to wine led him to vulnerable to Montresor’s compelling offer of the Amontillado.

Once Fortuanto was officially dead, Montressor’s revenge had been fulfilled. “For half a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!” Fortunato’s corpse is now amongst other dead family members belonging to Montressor, and although Montressor was the cause of Fortunato’s death, he still says “may he rest in peace.” Montressor didn’t really mean it because if he did feel any remorse towards Fortuanto, he wouldn’t have killed him in the first place. Death is definitely an important theme for this short story.

The plot of this story was that the narrator Montresor had major problems with Fortunato, Montresor had been humiliated by Fortunato bad that he had needed to get back at him he needed for him to go narrator needed him gone but he wasn't going to just kill the dude in bright day light, so he started to think and found an idea about something he knew about Fortunato which was that he loved to drink get drunk so he had to use the strongest wine to get at him. Montresor offered Fortunato to go back to his place and offer him something to drink if he wouldn't accept the offer he said he had someone else in mind, so he started to think and accepted his offer.

Fortunato and I were never the most “compatible”, but I never imagined we'd end up the way we did. Fortunato was rich, but insanely idiotic in any subject besides wine. He and I shared immense connoisseurship of wine, the only thing we really had in common other than our wealth. Being competitive experts, we had our petty arguments. However, he had betrayed me and ruined my name. Unfortunately for him, he had not realized that I possess an intense passion for the ideals of avenging yourself when you've been wronged.