Montresor Vs Usher

Montresor tells the story in detail of how he leads a man, Fortunato, to his death. Montresor repeatedly expresses the need to kill Fortunato because he has done something to insult him and he must pay for it with his life. Montresor tells readers early in the story that he is going to be lying to Fortunato’s face by acting one way, but thinking about killing him the whole time. He says "I continued, as was my wont, to smile in

Conclusion: It’s impossible to know how old Montresor is when he kills Fortunato, but in the second to the last line of the story, we learn that the murder happened fifty years ago. So Montresor is probably pushing eighty when he’s telling the story. And he could be far more ancient. More importantly, this conclusion lets us know that Montresor has gotten away with his crime so far. His vengeance has been a success, and he wants us to know it.

Some people believe that Fortunato should have seen Montresor’s evil plan coming, and that he deserved this fate. At the very beginning of the story, Montresor “The thousand

Fortunato,” ‘I should like your opinion. But if you are too busy, I will get Luchesi’s advice. If anyone is a good judge, he is’”(Poe 68). The citation shows Montresor's deceitfulness since he is trying to guilt Fortunato to come with him. By saying he would like Fortunato's advice, it’s guilting Fortunato to come into the catacombs; only a brilliant and deceitful man could come up with this proposal. I can deduce that without Montresor's deviance, he would’ve never been able to trick Fortunato into the catacombs and to his death. Montresor's deceitfulness also fooled Fortunato to help him in carrying out his own death. Montresor tricks Fortunato into drinking for his cough, intoxicating him more and more with each sip. “I do not wish to alarm you-but you should take care of yourself. A drink of this Medoc will defend you from the damp”( Poe 69). This cite reveals how Montresor is tricking Fortunato into killing himself practically, and helping Montresor succeed. I can summarize that Montresor planned from the beginning to fool Fortunato into helping him by

This leads to another step in Montresor’s perfect plan of revenge and makes it one step closer to murdering Fortunato.

From the very beginning of the story, one can obviously see that Montresor thinks that he has been wronged by Fortunato. His plan for vengeance is easily seen through his actions and his thoughts. "He had a weak

Mr. Montresor stated that he intended to murder Mr. Fortunato, and even went as far as planning Mr. Fortunato’s tedious death, I find this very questionable of Mr. Montresor’s innocence. Mr. Montresor also hadn’t received a harmful threat from Mr. Fortunato, just insults; nor did Mr. Montresor receive any physical harm that would endanger Mr. Montresor’s life, therefore Mr. Fortunato was an innocent man, which is also quite questionable to Mr. Montresor’s innocence.

In “Cask Of Amontillado” Montresor seems to have Fortunato's best interests in mind until his true intentions are revealed through his thoughts, not his actions. This is showing how Montresor is careful in his revenge; Fortunato disrespected Montresor, being the wicked and revengeful person he is must make him pay for his mistake. Therefore, Montresor carefully planned out his attack, he had every detail carefully outlined in his head. He made no mistakes; while Fortunato unknowingly made the biggest mistake of his life. Montresor felt satisfied and happy with the horrible crime he committed. While he was burying Fortunato alive, he enjoyed the screams of his foe, relishing in the fact that he won. “...felt

    In the short story the characters do not have a massive change during the story and the plan of revenge was not that confident. Montresor wanted Fortunato to think he cared about his health

I believe Montresor is guilty. In the text he says “ I must not only punish, but punish without being punished. Someone might have seen them at the fair before Montresor put his mask on and seen him walking out of the fairgrounds with Fortunato. Montresor is trying to intoxicate Fortunato so he wouldn’t find out what montresor’s

Montresor had planned the murder. He knew when Fortunato had insulted him, he was going to get revenge. Montresor decided to become friends with him, then take him down to the catacombs to 'try some Amontillado', but he actually took him down there to bury him alive. He even had all of the bricks, mortar, and all of the other supplies ready to use down there. It was planned from thd beginning, he did not just get mad that day and decide to kill him on the

     In a way, Montressor was very clever. He got everyone to do what he wanted without telling them, and everyone being totally oblivious. Reverse phsycology played and important role in this perfect murder. It helped everything run smoothly with getting the servants out of the house and get Fortunato into the catacombs. Yes, this murder was the perfect consequence for what Fortunato had done. It got him down there and made him die, like Montessor’s reputation and fortune. The slow death would have made him think long and hard about what he had done and how he had hurt Montressor.

Montresor realizes that Fortunato was the reason Montresor started drinking and why he lost all his wealth. His plan now is to seek revenge on Fortunato once he finds him again. Which kills Fortunato.

Fortunato’s curiosity compels him to move forward. This clues in on what Montresor’s intent is with the chances he is giving to Fortunato. Vengeance is a not an act that one person can carry out by themselves. They need another party to inflict that revenge upon. Therefore, if Fortunato chooses to stop pursuing the Amontillado, then Montresor would have no reason to carry out his revenge. Because of Fortunato’s greed and curiosity, it leads to his impending doom.

To begin with, Montresor’s infuriated mood toward Fortunato is a crucial component in his reasoning for the murder of Fortunato. Without it, the affair would not have taken place. In the beginning of the text, right off the bat, Montresor explains how he’s tried to ignore the malicious comments or actions that Fortunato did, but Montresor couldn’t help himself when he began to disrespect him, “The man Fortunato had done me a thousand wrongs. I bore them as best I could. But when he began to insult me, I vowed revenge”(Poe 67). This citation depicts how he became angry and almost offended of what Fortunato said or did to him. He was gradually getting hurt by Fortunato’s ongoing behavior, but in