Do Not Dare to Insult Montressor
Have you ever had somebody tease you so much that you feel like you just want to kill them? Well Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” has a character named Fortunato that allegedly insulted Montressor so much that he did so. This short story had three main themes of revenge, masonry, and death. Poe also demonstrated irony along the story as a way or reminding us the true intention of Montressor. There are two main characters in “The Cask of Amontillado.” Fortunato is a “…rich, respected, admired, beloved…” as Montressor quotes. They are both Italian, filled with pride, and have money. Fortunato “had a weak point…although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine.” His weak point of drinking really made Montressor’s plan for Fortunato smooth. Fortunato does not come to his senses until he is chained up. The setting is a gloomy one; “It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival seasons, that I encountered my friend.” As the story proceeds, the setting becomes darker and darker as they walk deeper into the catacombs. Montressor was smart about picking dusk when he was going to meet up with Fortunato because no
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Approximate Word count = 1021
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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