The Role Of The Superego In The Cask Of Amontillado

What do you think of when you hear someone ask “What is a gothic story”? Gothic Literature is the combination of fiction, horror, death, and romance. Within the two short stories Young Goodman Brown and The Man in the Black Suit, there is a character within in story, that is accused of being “the devil”. Although each story has “the devil” within them, their endings are two completely different ones. Young Goodman Brown is not similar to the man in the Black Suit. Young Goodman Brown ends up being all alone by the end of the story. While on the other hand, Gary is still surrounded by his loving family. The devil is said to be able to be do anything he wishes with just a single breath. “This was a special bee, a devil-bee, and it had come back to finish the other of Albion and Loretta’s two boy” (Gary).

In the Cask of Amontillado, Montresor, the protagonist of this story, has been wronged by Fortunato. Montresor feels very strongly about this transgression that Fortunato doesn’t recall. His revenged involved using one of Fortunato’s weaknesses against him. Fortunato boasted that he was a connoisseur of fine wines. One night, Montresor told him about a cask of Amontillado he had recently purchased that he wasn’t sure was genuine. Montresor then says that he was going to meet another friend named Luchesi, who could authenticate the wine. Fortunato in a drunken state, proclaims that they would go to Montresor’s vault which contained the Amontillado. Montresor attempts to convince him that his cough and cold might become worse being down in the cold, damp vaults with the niter. After insisting that he was fine, both men venture into the depths of Montresor’s family catacombs. After being in the catacombs for a short bit, Fortunato begins to cough and Montresor gives him a type of red wine to cover the cough and to continue to intoxicate him. Montresor’s family had a great deal of members and created a long walk. Fortunato asks what his coat of arms is and Montresor replies with their motto that is “No one assails me with impunity”. Fortunato begins to cough against and Montresor opens another bottle of wine, to which he empties it almost immediately. Fortunato then does a hand gesture that Montresor doesn’t understand. Fortunato says that you must not be of the brotherhood of

The Cask of Amontillado is the story of and envious man by the name of Montresor who has devised a plan to kill one of his long term friends Fortunato. Montresor devised this plan in the beginning of the story after Fortunato had pulled one joke to many while at a party surrounded by many of their close friends. Montresor while at the party remained calm however while still laughing and cheering with Fortunato he started to develop his plot to get his revenge on Fortunato. In the story Montresor while plotting his crime says, “I had to keep my true feelings to myself for not only must I punish but punish with impunity” (Poe). While Montresor plans the murder of Fortunato, Fortunato is simply enjoying life and his wealth. During carnival Montresor sees a drunk Fortunato and ceases his opportunity. A drunk Fortunato walks over to Montresor and gives him a friendly greeting. Montresor sees this as an opportunity to take Fortunato away from the festivities by using both his weakness for wine and his pride against him. Montresor does this by tricking Fortunato into thinking that he had recently brought a cask of Amontillado and he needed Luchesi to distinguish if it was actually Amontillado. Fortunato, who feels that he is the best wine tester in all of Italy quickly replies, “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry” (Poe) . Montresor knowing the pride and arrogance of Fortunato then says, “"And yet some fools will have it that his taste is a match for your own." (Poe) . That

Once Montresor states that he will go ask a man Luchresi if he can tell him if his wine is real or not Fortunato is taken aback that Montresor would not just ask him. Montresor knows Fortunato would jump at the opportunity to go to his vaults just to try his wine to prove he knows the difference between Amontillado and Sherry. The entire conversation Montresor continues to lie that he in fact just bought Amontillado and he would rather have Luchresi distinguish it for him because he does not want to interrupt any plans Fortunato had. Montresor declining Fortunato’s request amplifies Fortunato’s desire to go down into the vaults because of his pride being his weakness. Montresor knows that Fortunato is a prideful and he will exploit that weakness to lure him into the catacombs. Now Montresor is feeling as though he has the upper hand now because Fortunato is falling directly into his trap. Montresor finally gives in and allows Fortunato to come down with him to the catacombs, where his vengeance can finally take place.

In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor a very troubled man who plans to seek revenge on another man named Fortunato for humiliating him. He presents us with a brief understanding of his motive on why he must kill Fortunato. It is carnival and Montresor spots Fortunato and approaches him to discuss about amontillado. While discussing about the amontillado, Montresor has convinced Fortunato to go with him to his vaults located in the catacombs where he claims to have the amontillado. As they make their way towards the catacombs, Montresor made sure that his servants would not be present at the time. Entering the catacombs Montresor notices the coughing of Fotunato because of the dampness and nitre. Halfway through the catacombs Montresor gives Fortunato some wine called Medoc to help with his cough and get him intoxicated. Montresor insists they turn and go back, but Fortunato’s stubbornness keeps him wanting to try the Amontillado. Montresor finally reaches his destination and makes his move on Fortunato. Throughout the story you will find

"The Cask of Amontillado" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's greatest stories. In this story Poe introduces two central characters and unfolds a tale of horror and perversion. Montresor, the narrator, and Fortunato, one of Montresor's friends, are doomed to the fate of their actions and will pay the price for their pride and jealousy. One pays the price with his life and the other pays the price with living with regret for the rest of his life. Poe uses mystery, irony, and imagery to create a horrifying, deceptive, and perverse story.

Edgar Allen Poe's brings us a twisted tale of vengeance and horror in "The Cask of Amontillado." Poe's character, Montresor, acts as our guide and narrator through this story. He grabs a hold of the reader as he tells the story from his own apathetic and deceptive mind to gain vengeance from the weak and dismal Fortunato. Montresor's mentality is disturbing as he uses his clever, humor, ironic symbolism, and darkness to accomplish this.

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.

"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.

The second reason that “The Cask of Amontillado” is a gripping story is because it makes

The Effects of Revenge By definition, revenge is the desire to get even among rivals. In “Child by Tiger” by Thomas Wolfe, the protagonist, Dick Prosser, shows an act of revenge towards the people in his community resulting in his death. Similarly, in “The Destructors” by Graham Greene, a group of children plot to get revenge on Old Misery’s house because it stands for so long, ending with a house being torn apart and an upset, old man. Likewise, in “Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, Poe portrays the toll revenge takes on a person through the main characters Montressor and Fortunato. For insulting Montressor, Montressor creates a scheme to kill Fortunato in secrecy.

As the story progresses, Montresor devises a careful plan to lure Fortunato to his death trap, but he is careful enough not to place himself at risk. He approaches him at a carnival, and plays on his victim’s weakness for wine by offering to show him a brand of wine akin to the light Spanish sherry, Amontillado (8). The narrator presents an interesting description of his encounter with Fortunato at the carnival; at first expressing dislike for his friend’s behavior by claiming that he approached him with too much warmth since he was drunk, but then he adds that he was extremely delighted to see Fortunato at that particular moment. This illustrates the depth of Montresor’s desire to exert revenge on his friend, since the sole reason of his pleasure at seeing Fortunato is that he knew his plans had taken off, and he anticipated the satisfaction of the act of brutal revenge.

While approaching the end of their journey they approach the end of the crypt where there was another smaller crypt where three of the four walls were lined with human remains and the fourth wall had the bones thrown down onto the floor causing a mound to form and with the bones removed an interior room could be seen. Montresor then tells Fortunato that the Amontillado is in the interior room so Fortunato enters the room only to be stupefied by the lack of Amontillado. Then Montresor pushes him onto the wall and chains him to the iron staples, after that Montresor leaves the room and picks up some stone and mortar from the pile of bones and starts to wall in Fortunato, once Montresor finishes, he covers the wall with the bones it is revealed that Montresor is narrating the story fifty years after the fact and that no one has ever disturbed the bones for fifty years.

At the beginning of the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor is determined to get revenge on his friend Fortunato. Since Montresor only has revenge in mind, he is a static character. Montresor states, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge” (Poe 3). From the first few moments in the story, Montresor’s true intentions are revealed. Throughout the story, the reader starts to see Montresor’s elaborate plan of revenge and the great lengths he goes through to ensure success. His passion, his follow through, and his determination are all key factors that make him the protagonist in the story as well. ““I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house. These orders were sufficient, I well knew, to insure their immediate disappearance, one and all, as soon as my back was turned” (Poe 5). Montresor made sure no one would be home that night to deviate Fortunato’s focus, and to keep him from carrying out his plan of revenge. Montresor also brought a bottle of wine with him to ensure that Fortunato stayed intoxicated. “”A draught of this Medoc will defend us from the damps.” (Poe 6). By continually offering Fortunato the wine, it made his reactions slower, and his thoughts not clear. Therefore, Montresor could carry out his revenge without flaw.

The Cask of Amontillado is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe published in 1846. The story focuses on a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes betrayed him. Because of the plot arrangement, this short story seems to be written using biographical strategy. Biographical strategy is concerned about how the author’s biography may have influenced the story. The similarities between Poe’s personal life and the characters love with alcohol, failures in his life and along with the misfortunes Poe had lived shared many likenesses.