Montresor can use a variety of different ways to take revenge instead of killing Fortunato. I’m of the opinion that Fortunado must have ruined Montresor’s reputation or hurt his feelings so he decided to kill him in order to protect his pride. In this situation, it is not necessary for Montresor to kill Fortunado. He can use his intelligence, cleverness and ingenuity to ironize and satirize Fortunato. Furtheremore, he can find some methods enabling Furtunato to reveal the genuity connoisseur of wine in public. If the truth is brought into light, Furtunato will definitely feel embarrassed and humiliated. Because many men do not like getting their pride hurt and he is mentioned : “ You are rich, respected, admired, beloved” (16) but just a deceiver
It was said in the text that montresor wanted to get his revenge on fortunato because of an insult that fortunato has made against him. Montresor then comes up with a plan to get his revenge on fortunato on the night of the carnival . montresor states in the beginning that he would punish fortunato but not only just punish him but punish fortunato with impunity. What montresor means is that he will free fortunato from from his crimes against him by burying him alive in his families
Montresor killed Fortunato because he supposedly hurt and insulted Montresor. Even if Fortunato did insult him, Montresor should not have killed him. Some people think he should not be punished, but Montresor planned the murder, their was no reason for him to kill Fortunato, and he is sane.
Montresor antagonizes Fortunado through the whole story with the allure of the Amontillado. There are at least three occasions that Montresor talks of finding Lushesi instead of Fortunado to try the wine to authenticate it. Montresor obviously knew that it irritated Fortunado when he spoke of having Luchesi come to authenticate the wine. This was almost like a slap in the face for Fortunado and made him want to come to the tombs even more. This move by Montressor shows how desperate he is to keep Fortunado interested in coming to the tombs. It shows how he has calculated his plan of revenge and is trying to execute his master plan.
To get the ball rolling,Montresor wants to seek revenge in a evil way; Montresor has his own little sneaky plans to this felony. One thing that startled fortunato is when Montresor was murdering him he thought of it as an joke. In the text it stated,”A very good joke indeed” (poe 74). This cite shows that montresor seems like he was having a good time assassinating Fortunato. Murders are not usually something most people enjoy or laugh about like a family having an enjoyable conversation at the dinner table. On the other hand , fortunato was scared to death. Another thing that made it even more scary is that montresor even let out an obnoxious laugh. Not a normal laugh, a menacing and wicked laugh. In the text it annotates ,”Ha! Ha! Ha!
In my opinion, Montresor is a very clever man. He not only seek revenge, but he also was able to get this man boozed up and murder him. Montresor continuously asked Fortunato if he wanted to have a glass of wine and his reply was always “yes.” He was an intelligent man and knew how to get Fortunato to say yes. “At the most remote end of the crypt there appeared another less spacious. Its walls had been lined with human remains, piled to the vault overhead, in the
Thus, being the descendent of a noble faimily, Montresor cannot let Fortunato insult him, as the motto of his family says: “Nemo me impune lacessit” (No one attacks me with impunity). Therefore, Montresorʼs reason to kill Fortunado is a matter of honor. However, I also believes that, apart from the honor issue, Montresor envies Fortunato because he is more powerful and rich than him.
Montresor said that he “must not only punish, but punish with impunity” (Montresor57). His plan is premeditated, he has everything planned down to the bone. From his staff being gone for the carnival, to the type of wine but also using reverse psychology to lure Fortunato down into the caverns. When they reach the caverns he has also already removed the old bones from the niche in the wall where he plans to keep fortunato for eternity. Montresor was so keen on destroying Fortunato he removed his ancestors from their resting place in the wall to keep Fortunato. Fortunato has no idea what is happening until it’s actually happening which is all a part of Montresor’s plan, to keep him intoxicated enough not to care about anything except for the
Montresor teases Fortunato quite a few times while leading him deep into the catacombs. In the beginning of the story, Montresor tells Fortunato that he has purchased a wine called Amontillado but cannot be sure that it
In “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor is guilty of the cold-blooded murder of Fortunato and should go to jail for his crime. Montresor speaks of the “thousand injuries” Fortunato caused him and, more recently, the “insult” that Montresor cannot forgive. Vowing to seek retribution, Montresor comments on the importance of ensuring his own innocence throughout the process of revenge. He goes out of his way to be friendly to Fortunato. Other evidence that supports the crime as being preconceived includes Montresor preying on Fortunato’s weakness, his love of wine and his conceited nature. He praises Fortunato on his knowledge of wine and taunts him with the full barrel that he just purchased asking him for his expert opinion. In preparation
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Conflict: For Montresor to revenge himself for Fortunato’s insult, he has to get away with it – if Fortunato can revenge him back,
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