The Cask Of Amontillado By William Golding

"The Cask of Amontillado" is a story about revenge, but the reader is never truly told exactly what Fortunato did to warrant such vengeance. In fact, throughout the story, the reader gradually realizes that Montresor is an unreliable narrator, and that Fortunato is a friend of Montresor who is unaware that Montresor is plotting to kill him. He is a connoisseur of wine who is enticed by Montresor to sample some rare Amontillado and lured into his trap down into the catacombs. While Luchesi is another wine connoisseur and an acquaintance of Montresor and Fortunato; Montresor urges Fortunato to sample his wine by threatening to allow Luchesi to try it first if Fortunato does not comply. that whatever insult Montresor believes Fortunato committed is probably imagined or exaggerated.

Revenge can bring out many people’s inner evil. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado”, the main character, Montresor carefully plans revenge against Fortunato. Montresor is a man who vows vengeance against a professional wine taster named Fortunato. The wine taster insults Montresor, and he had enough of it. The insult sets him off and he plans a deadly and successful revenge. Throughout the story, Montresor attentively plans his revenge against Fortunato just like an expert.

While confessing his crime, Montresor seems as not having any feeling of guilty due to the peaceful way that he started to narrate at the beginning of the story. But, as soon Montresor started to talk about his feelings of jealousy and hate towards Fortunato, the reader can change the way its reading the story and the point of view towards Montresor. The “Cask of Amontillado” gives an open clue in the beginning of the story of why Montresor killed Fortunato and the motive of madness that he got along the story while confessing his crime. Montresor didn’t start to narrate the story angry or tense but calmly, accepting what he did and how he planned. The “Cask of Amontillado” took place

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

  In "The Cask of Amontillado", Montresor is the narrator. He begins by describing very cryptically how he was wronged, "The thousands of injuries of Fortunato he has borne as he best could; but when he ventures upon insult, Montresor vows revenge" (Poe 528). As the story

To begin with, “The Cask of Amontillado” is a story of revenge in which Montresor, the protagonist, retaliates to the “1000 injuries of Fortunato” (Poe 1) that he had bore; by meticulously planning the murder of his foe. Montresor seeks to avenge the insults made to his ancestral family name by Fortunato.

The short story “The Cask of Amontillado” is set in Italy around the 1800s during the carnival season. The story is based on how a character named Fortunato had done multiple things wrong, but when he insulted his friend which is also the narrator Montresor revenge is sworn. Knowing that revenge has been sworn the story progresses and Montresor and Fortunato have frequent conversations. One example of the irony and humor is when Fortunato is talking to Montresor, “ ‘I drink’ he said, ‘to the buried that repose around us.’ “ Montresor replies back, “ ‘And I to your long life.” At this point in the story they are down in the catacombs on their way to snag the Amontillado and Montresor if supposedly worried about Fortunato’s health. The strange concept though is that he keeps giving him different types of alcohol to Fortunato but it just allows him to become more drunk and less focused. This is proving the point that Montresor made in the second paragraph when he said, “ It must be understood, neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.” This seems to show that he is using the alcohol, which is something that Fortunato is obsessed with as a way to get hurt or kill him. Later in the story, Fortunato and Montresor are having another conversation about Montresor's family, his coat of arms, and the motto of his family. Montresor starts and says, “ ‘The Montresors,’ I replied, ‘ were a great and numerous family.’ “ Fortunato then said, “ ‘ I forget your arms.’ “ Montresor then replied, “ ‘ A huge foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’ “ Fortunato then asked, “ ‘And the motto?’ “

In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor tells the story of how he got revenge on Fortunato. There are differing opinions on why Montresor is telling the story: is it a confession or is it so he can relive the perfect crime he committed? After close examination of the story, it becomes evident that Montresor is bragging about committing the perfect crime. The story is not a confession because Montresor boasts about his cleverness at luring Fortunato down to the catacombs and taunts Fortunato multiple times without remorse.

<br>The Cask of Amontillado is a horror short story, which revolves around the themes of revenge and pride. The plot involves two men: Montresor, the narrator, who is an Italian aristocrat seeking revenge against the second main character: Fortunato, a proud man that boasts about his conoisseurship of wines and who finally walks to his own death.

It is often said that revenge is sweet, but that phrase does not hold to be extremely true throughout The Cask of Amontillado. There are various themes and lessons throughout the story, but there is one theme that seems to be shown more than others. The most prevalent theme is that jealousy can lead to vengeance, and ultimately lead to the downfall, or even death, of a person. This theme is clearly evident through the two main characters, Montresor and Fortunato. By looking closer at Montresor’s words and actions toward Fortunato, it is apparent that there is a superfluous amount of jealousy between them. This jealousy that is between them ends up playing a major part in Montresor ultimately killing Fortunato, someone who was thought to be one of his best friends. The author uses the characters and their actions to develop a solid plot line and prove the point that jealousy and revenge can destroy a person, both figuratively and literally.

In “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor is not the only character who displays an overwhelming and ultimately detrimental sense of pride. Fortunato is also a very prideful man who is willing to go to great lengths to maintain his honor and reputation. For him, it is his reputation as a fine wine expert that he must defend. Fortunato’s pride overrides his common sense and is the driving force of the deadly decisions he makes throughout the story. Montresor claims to possess a bottle of the expensive and highly regarded Amontillado wine. He tells Fortunato that he has called an expert, Luchresi, to inspect the wine. Fortunato forces Montresor to take him to the vaults because he is certain that “‘[Montresor has] been imposed upon. And as for Luchresi, he cannot

Vengeance and murder infects the minds of Montresor and Fortunato upon an exchange of insult in Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Cask of Amontillado”. This is the story of pure revenge after Forturano disrespects Montresor. The story follows the characters meeting up at a carnival and eventually the disguised Montresor lures Fortunato into the catacombs of his home by convincing him that he acquired something that could pass for Amontillado, a light Spanish sherry. Fortunato grows eager to taste this wine and to determine for Montresor whether or not it is truly Amontillado. He leads him back to the catacombs of his home and carries out his plot to bury him alive. Edgar Allan Poe writes from a mysterious first person perspective, uses colorful symbolism and situational irony to present the man's inner self, in turn revealing that revenge is fundamentally infeasible.

In the short story, “The Cask of Ammontillado” written by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator, Montresor, is friends with a man named Fortunato. Although, Montresor and Fortunato are friends Montresor begins by telling the reader how for many years Fortunato has hurt him by insulting him. Montresor then continues by telling the reader that he desires revenge. At this point the reader sees the narrator’s malicious plan unfold. On the night of a carnival celebration Fortunato is exceedingly drunk and Montresor lures Fortunato down to an underground graveyard where there also happens to be a rare wine called Ammontillado.

The Cask of Amontillado story was about Montresor who wanted vengeance on Fortunato for insulting him. One evening during a carnival season, Montresor looked for Fortunato and invited him to try out a sample of his sherry wine which he recently acquired and wishes to confirm as Amontillado. However, Fortunato was surprised and excited at the same time, so when Montresor suggests that Fortunato might be too busy and that Montresor might have Luchesi taste it instead, Fortunato insulted Luchesi’s skill with wines and insists on accompanying Montresor to the vaults to taste the Amontillado. Montresor offers a token protest, saying that the vaults are full of nitre and will aggravate Fortunato’s cold. But the latter insists.

Looking at "The Cask of Amontillado" one can usually see the issue and theme of Montresor's rationale in executing Fortunato. The tone of the story is that of the narrator being confused and angry for the blame of his vindictive homicide that has denied him peace and questions the morality of his actions. His uneasy inner voice has turned into a sort of retaliation for his wrongdoing, and the blessing "In pace requiescat" (Poe) at the finish of the story is unexpected in the light of his mental anxiety and his insight that his own spirit is cursed by mortal sin. Fortunato and Montresor were political adversaries but they can also be viewed as religious ones. Montresor murdering Fortunato can relate to the historical Catholic's hatred of the