Fortunato Analysis

     We don’t really know much about Fortunato: just enough to know that he must not have really known the true heart of his friend. He must not have

“There isn’t much to say, one day Mr. Fortunato decided to give us the day off for the Mardi Gras festival, we found it very strange since he never gave us days off but we ignored it and enjoyed the festival. After that I never saw Mr. Fortunato again.” “Do you know if Mr. Fortunato had any enemies?” I asked. “Not that I know of…” she stopped and hesitated. “Go on” I encouraged her, “Mr. Fortunato hated Luchesi but I never heard of Luchesi having problems with Mr. Fortunato?” she paused then continued. “Maybe Montresor can help you out with that, her used to work for Mr. Fortunato as well.” “Okay, well thank you so much… uh?” “Irma” she said with half a smile “well thank so much Irma, I will try not to bother you no more.” I walked her over to the door and watched her disappear into village.

He was the cause of the pain in my heart. I knew at that moment when he took my most precious possession, he was a dead man. It all started when he took her. I was the witness, the victim. We were good friends, Fortunato and I were. One day I came upon a beauty. Léonie was her name. She was the most elegant out of all the

I would have not trusted the narrator in "The Cask of Amontillado". he acts very sneaky because I've nocied he's trying to get I would have not trusted the narrator in "The Cask of Amontillado". he acts very sneaky because he's trying to get Fortunato more and more drunk. He's leading Fortunato to that catacomb which is very

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

This situation is every parent’s very worst night. Fortunately, in this case, an official AMBER alert was issued about

It was a usual teenager's room with posters of basketball players, a laptop on the desk and a TV hooked up to a XBOX 360. The cupboard was filled with clothes and his watches and wallet. Everything was normal except for this locked drawer in the back of his dresser. We called a locksmith to help with the drawer as his parents didn't even know what it was. The locksmith was unavailable until the next day so we had to follow other leads. We headed over to his school to ask if the students or teachers knew anything. We asked around at his school. A couple of students and a couple actually were help but only two students and one teacher actually cared about it. The teacher was his homeroom teacher who actually took interest in his life and activities. The two students were his best friends who knew about this before it was publicly announced. The best friends were Sarah and Will. Sarah knew Matt since they were five and almost knew everything about him, whereas Will knew Matt for only two years.

They both were with him some time before he disappeared. Will didn’t know much about the whole thing but Sarah turned out to be more helpful. Sarah was a short but thin, smart but goofy, fun but serious at

Throughout the story the narrator continues to show this side of him. The text states, “...but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.” This textual evidence supports the claim by illustrating how he want Fortunato dead because of a little insult. Another example showing the insanity of the narrator is shown on page 4 which says, “We continued our route in search of the amontillado…

Although he finally confessed after 50 years of keeping his secret, he does know the horrible mistake he made. “For half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat.” (89) He tells us that no one has known that he killed him and he himself hasn’t gone down to where he buried Fortunato so long ago. The phrase, In pace requiescat, translates to, “May he rest in peace.” He did hear, “...loud and shrill screams, bursting suddenly

Montresor was attempting (and succeeded) to try to make Fortunato angry and force him to go with Montresor to try the Amontillado. Once again, Montresor is trying to throw off Fortunato and make him get angry and want to help Montresor. "Come, we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich,

He waits patiently to get his opportunity to get Fortunato and has the skill for what to do. Another would be when Montresor wants Fortunato to come back. “Come,” I said, with decision, “we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, and beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed (2).

Montresor said, “We were walking to my house that was ten minutes away from the Rome Carnival. When we got to my house, I turned behind me to say Fortunato(left) with his best friend

‘“My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking today. But I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts”’ (1). In the last sentence it shows that Montresor is using his words to drag Fortunato into the catacombs. “‘Come, I said, with decision, “we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me, it is no matter. We will go back. You will be ill, and I cannot be responsible. Besides, there is Luchresi-’” (2). The quote symbolizes Montresor telling Fortunato they must not go deeper into the catacombs after already offering his the Amontillado, so Fortunato insisted they keep

Fortunato’s strange death happens during carnival season. The season where people have many parties and even parades, during the middle of the carnival, Fortunato left his wife

In 8 CE, the Roman poet Ovid (43BCE-18CE) was exiled to the remote port-town of Tomis. Located in Moesia Inferior, modern day Romania, Tomis was an important port in the Black Sea trade circuit. The Constanța (Tomis) Museum of Art, today houses an imperial marble sculpture of Fortuna, the Roman goddess of chance, luck, and fate. Accompanying Fortuna is a depiction of Pontos, a Greek sea-god, who wields a prora (bow). The sculpture arguably represents the alliance between Fortuna and the town of Tomis. Because it was a port-town, it seems rather natural for ancient sailors to desire to receive the patronage of the goddess, but Roman literature demonstrates that the correlations between the sea and Fortuna were much deeper and more complex than