Fortunato

revenge against a man named Fortunato who has been insulting him behind his back. Montresor decided to go to the Carnival festival to lure fortunato down into his family’s catacombs to bury him alive. Montresor is mentally unstable because of and insult that fortunato has been saying about him. Montresor also Lacks the evidence that supports his claims against fortunato’s “ thousands of injuries “ and “insults.” Montresor is mentally unstable because of and insult that fortunato has been saying about

Fortunato must be drunk or have done something that would make him lose his mind in order for Montresor to misdirect and control him. Taking Fortunato to the wine vault is the start of perfect manipulation. The most important symbol that I feel if taken out would alter the story's meaning is wine. Wine plays the biggest role in the whole story, without it the story would have been a completely different one. Therefore, without the sherry wine, Amontillado, the story wouldn’t be even called "The Cask

with “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.”(Poe Line 1, 2) The narrator desires revenge and his plan to “not only to punish but punish with impunity”; this person the narrator is talking about is Fortunato. He wants Fortunato to know that his death will be at the hands of Montresor. On the evening of the carnival season, Fortunato encounters his “friend” Montresor. He went to ask Fortunato if he wants to sample a large

The Cask of Amontillado written by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story about how Montresor seeks his revenge on Fortunato for insulting him in some way unknown to readers. On the first page, Montresor states, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.” In the story, Montresor seeks revenge by luring Fortunato into the catacombs under his mansion, by asking him about his advice on wine. Montresor acts as if he cares for his health

story held my interest and was full of hidden irony. I did get a chortle out of the name, Fortunato, given to the victim. Fortunato ended up being anything but lucky. Why was Montresor (the narrator) so angry with Fortunato? What do you think Fortunato has done to him? The story starts with Montresor upset and vowing revenge for the insult from Fortunato. Montresor is not just looking to punish Fortunato to the greatest extent, but he is also expecting to escape punishment for it. Montresor’s

November of 1846. In the famous story “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor, tells how he has borne a thousand injuries from Fortunato and how he seeks revenge. Fortunato prides himself in his connoisseurship of wine, so Montresor wants to use this against him. Montresor tricks Fortunato into following him into the cellar. As they go deeper into the cellar Fortunato keeps coughing, Montresor

Allan Poe.One of his many great stories includes”The “Cask of Amontillado”. This is a story of two men that are friends. One of the friends, Fortunato insults Montresor in either a physical or verbal way. Edgar Allen Poe loves to keep reader wondering so he leaves the insult pretty open-ended. Later on in the story, Montresor looks to get revenge on Fortunato in a very clever and deceitful manner. Through his use of carefully constructed foreshadowing, symbolism, and irony, Poe creates a mood that

beginning, the audience is told that a man named Fortunato has insulted Montresor. Montresor vows to get revenge on Fortunato. The audience is never told exactly what the offense Fortunato has committed. One of the main types of imagery that is used throughout the story is color. Montresor wears a black silk mask and Fortunato wears a colorful conical cap with bells. The black mask represents the blind justice that Montresor is fuel on. Up until the end, Fortunato is not aware of Montresor’s malicious plan

“THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.” (Poe.) This line draws the reader in to the story by bringing up questions like, “What insults could have been done to deserve such revenge?” The uniqueness in the question itself is that it turns the table of a classical mystery or gothic story. (Mcgarth.) Instead of asking “who did it,” the question is, “why did he do it.”(Baraban.) Montresor uses Fortunato’s strengths and turns

Amontillado, which features the character Fortunato. There are multiple examples of symbolism throughout the story that show how Fortunato’s pride contributed to him meeting his end in the story. At the beginning of the story, the characters are introduced in a carnival setting, which is a large celebration where many people would dress up and party. Since it was carnival season, Fortunato is stated to be dressed up as