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Role Of Montresor In The Cask Of Amontillado By Edgar Allan Poe

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In the short story, “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, the main protagonist -Montresor- is an unreliable narrator. This enables the reader to perceive how ruthless Montresor is. This journey starts by Montresor directly saying that he will “punish [Fortunato] with impunity.” To punish with impunity mean Montresor will punish Fortunato without having any consequences. In order to not receive any consequences, Montresor is planning Fortunato’s retribution. He is already carefully laying out a blueprint on how to make Fortunato fall into his hands. So, the first thing needed to do in order to punish Fortunato is to intoxicate him. Montresor purposefully gives Fortunato more wine to drink so Fortunato can be irresponsible in his decision

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