Fortunato's Pride In The Cask Of Amontillado

In addition, the place that Montresor chose to kill Fortanato is also sarcastic. It seems abnormal that the “vaults” were situated inside the “catacombs”. When they were looking for the wine, Fortanato did not suspect anything even when he saw the “bones” and “catacombs”. He still kept on asking where the “Amontillado” was. Ridiculously, while they were drinking the wine in order to keep themselves warm, Fortanato said that he drank to “the buried that repose around them”. Whereas, Montresor said that he drank “to your long life”. Surely, what Montresor said is ironic; He certainly knew that Fortanato would not have a “long life” since he would kill him soon. Perhaps, what Montresor means here is that Fortanato may

<br>The way the narrator treats his enemy is one of the clearest examples for ironic elements. When the characters meet, Montresor realises that Fortunato is afflicted with a severe cold, nevertheless he makes a point of him looking "remarkably well". Montresor acts in the most natural and friendly way towards the man object of his revenge, and even praises his "friend's" knowledge in the subject of wines. Also upon their meeting, Montresor begins a psychological manipulation of Fortunato. He claims that he needs his knowledge to ascertain that the wine he has purchased is indeed Amontillado. Furthermore, he acknowledges that Fortunato is engaged in another business (i.e.: the celebration of carnival), so he would go to Luchresi, who, one is made to believe, is a competitor of Fortunato's. To these words, Fortunato is forced by his pride to accompany Montresor to the vaults (where the Amontillado is kept), dissipate his doubts and also to prove his higher status than Luchresi as a connoisseur of wine. In fact, during their way down under in the catacombs, the twisted mind of Montresor, dares to give Fortunato the chance to go back, due to the almost unbearable dampness and foulness rampant in the vaults and Fortunato's state of health. The narrator clearly knows about the stubborn nature of Fortunato, and is

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Fortunato is perplexed and wonders how he could get the wrong pipe. Montresor ends up convincing Fortunato to follow him to where the Amontillado is. The reader follows along with them as they go through the catacombs to reach towards the Amontillado. Montresor keeps telling Fortunato that he needs to go back to the carnival

After reading these lines, the reader is fooled into thinking that Montresor felt remorse after what he had just done, but that was obviously not the case. Montresor deceives both the readers as well as Fortunato through his unpredictable thoughts and

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The first piece of evidence supports the claim of Montresor being a liar. The reason for this is because he had lied several times to Fortunato in the story, like when he told him that “he had a pipe for what passes as Amontillado” when he only used the wine as a lure. He also lied when he gave Fortunato