The story begins around dusk, one night during the carnival season in an unnamed European city. The location quickly changes from the joyfull activites of the festival, to the damp, dark catacombs under Montresor's palazzo which helps to establish the sadistic atmosphere of the story. Poe demenstrates a large portrayal of revenge in the story, based on the main character Montresor, who is the diabolical narrator of the story. Fortunato made an insult towards Montresor, which set off the idea of revenge on Montresor's part. During the festival, the two meet up with an aggressive handshake. Fortunato was drunk, and Montrasor was very happy to see him, since his plan was to murder him. Fortunato's jester's costume appears to be appropriate not only for the carnival season but also for the fact that Montresor intends to make a "fool" out of him.

Later on, they both wind up going to Montresor's palazzo, into the catacombs of his wine vaults to test the Amontillado he had previously purchased. It is interesting how Poe demonstrates reverse psychology dur

ing the scene where they are walking through the cave-like paths to his wine vaults. Fortunato begins to cough heavily because of the niter, which is a mineral of nitrate, and Montresor tells Fortunato that they must go back. "...We will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible. Besides, there is Luchesi..." Luchesi was a man who loved tasting wines, and he knew genuine wine when he tasted it. By Montresor telling Fortunato that, it just pushed him to want to stay even more. Which was good for Montresor because his plan for killing Fortunato was even more assured. Montresor added more assurity to his plan by feeding Fortunato more alcohol. This way, the more drunk Fortunato is, the easier it would be to decieve him. Further on, Montresor proceeded to the end of the path, and told Fortunato to continue on with him. Fortunato being completely intoxicated at the time, did what he was told with no questions asked.

Poe includeds a lot of detailed information that rides along with the story and intensifies its meaning and outcome. For example, Montresor tries to convince the reader that his intentions are honorable in an effort to uphold his family motto, "me impune lacessit", which means, no one can attack me without being punished. It seemed that Montresor was obsessed with this idea of revenge. But, the story itself was not just a clever tale of revenge, but instead, seen as an anti-aristocrati

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Approximate Word count = 1065
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)