Essay on Revenge in The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

In addition, the place that Montresor chose to kill Fortanato is also sarcastic. It seems abnormal that the “vaults” were situated inside the “catacombs”. When they were looking for the wine, Fortanato did not suspect anything even when he saw the “bones” and “catacombs”. He still kept on asking where the “Amontillado” was. Ridiculously, while they were drinking the wine in order to keep themselves warm, Fortanato said that he drank to “the buried that repose around them”. Whereas, Montresor said that he drank “to your long life”. Surely, what Montresor said is ironic; He certainly knew that Fortanato would not have a “long life” since he would kill him soon. Perhaps, what Montresor means here is that Fortanato may

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is a frightening and entertaining short story about the severe consequences that result from persistent mockery and an unforgiving heart. Poe’s excellent use of Gothicism within the story sets the perfect tone for a dark and sinister plot of murder to unfold. “The Cask of Amontillado” simply overflows with various themes and other literary elements that result from Poe’s Gothic style of writing. Of these various themes, one that tends to dominant the story as a whole is the theme of revenge, which Poe supports with his sophisticated use of direct and indirect factors, irony, and symbolism.

In Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Cask of Amontillado” begins by telling us that Montresor feels as Fortunato has hurt him. Fortunato has greatly insulted him, “the thousands of insults of Fortunato I had borne as best I could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.” (Poe 165) Although, the lack of evidence throughout the story, we readers never know what the insult ever was. Montresor must get revenge. As Montresor is conducting hits revenge on Fortunato, it is the week of Carnival in Italy and people were dressed up in all sort of costumes. Fortunato was dressed in a jester’s outfit that later provides irony in the short story because he is a fool to go down into the catacombs and face his death. Montresor is engulfed with secret murder and revenge that he makes a grave pit in the wall for Fortunato because as the family motto of Montresor, “No one provokes me with impunity” (167). The coat of arms of Montresor was “A huge human foot of gold, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are embedded in the hell” (167) which the foot represents Montresor and the snake would be Fortunato. Although Fortunato has hurt Montresor with his quick venomous insults, Montresor will ultimately crush him and arise the true victor.

Montresor devises a plan to kill Fortunado. After telling him he has an expensive wine called “Amontillado”, Fortunado walks down the catacombs with Montresor. They walk deeper and deeper into the catacombs. Montresor is fueled by the anger and rage from Fortunado mocking him. He wants his revenge. Montresor will kill

During the carnival season in Italy, Montresor planned murder to occur in an underground catacomb. In his short story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” Edgar Allan Poe describes Montresor’s scheme in which he takes drunk Fortunato’s life. Montresor’s perfect crime, created to take revenge on Fortunato, builds suspense, changes the mood of the reader, and develops an essential theme.

Throughout the story, one of Fortunato’s main weaknesses is his pride in his knowledge of wine. Fortunato “[prides] himself on his connoisseurship in wine” due to the riches and status it gives him, and Montresor takes this into account in his plan when he tells Fortunato that he found amontillado, a rare wine, in the catacombs (Poe

In the short story Montresor is seeking revenge on Fortunato, who has offended him in some unwritten way. Montresor leads the extremely intoxicated Fortunato through the catacombs of Italy, promising him wine at their destination. Fortunato has a very rugged cough, which he insists is nothing more. They

?The Cask of Amontillado? by Edgar Allan Poe is a story about two men at a carnival, the narrator Montresor, who is being eaten by jealousy, and Fortunato, a rich drunk man that has a weakness for wine. It is through deception that Montresor achieves his revenge against Fortunato. He did not believe that killing Fortunato is wrong because of the insults and injures Fortunato brought against him. ?The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne.? (Poe, 75) says Montresor. Montresor brought Fortunato down into the catacomb. This was his chance for revenge.

To cover his tracks, Montresor plans his murder during the Carnival season, reasoning that during the festivities, Fortunato will drink wine and impair his judgement. During this time, Montresor encourages the servants to leave the house so there will be no witnesses to his crime (May). To lure Fortunato away, Montresor discerned that Fortunato's "weak point" is the great pride he takes in his "connoisseurship of wine" (Poe 91). Because Montresor, himself "skillful in the Italian vintages" (91), shares Fortunato's knowledge of and pleasure in wines, he is well positioned to exploit his victim's vulnerability (Mustafa). Montresor uses both of these incidents to create a perfect scenario by luring an already drunk Fortunato with the promise of a rare wine.

In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Fortunato thought he was going to taste a fine wine. Montresor accesses his catacombs and leads Fortunato away. He gets hoodwinked by Montresor and when

It is carnival season. Everyone is dressed in costumes, drinking the night away. Fortunato has somehow insulted Montresor and he is seeking revenge. Montresor plays off of Fortunato’s weakness, wine. He claims to have a cask of Amontillado, that he isn’t sure is authentic. He reassures Fortunato that another man can help him prove that the wine is real but it just makes him want to help more. The wine is in Montresor’s vaults, deep in the catacombs of his family. The walls are covered in saltpeter that gives Fortunato a bad cough. Montresor urges them to turn around, he acted as if he was too worried about the health of Fortunato and said once again he could get help from someone else. Instead Fortunato declined and started drinking more wine. Fortunato becomes so intoxicated he isn’t aware of what is going on

The cast of Amontillado was written by Allan Poe at a time when he felt he was being unjustly attacked. Most critics believe that the cask of Amontillado was written by Poe against his critics in the Mirror. I believe the cask of Amontillado is a story of Revenge and Hatred against some friends whom be believed had wrongfully accused him. A review of Allan Poe as a person and his experiences in life is essential a clear understanding of "The Cask of Amontillado". Hence, I will apply a cultural method of interpretation.

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.

During the story’s progression as Montresor and Fortunato descend further into the wine catacombs, Fortunato develops a cough where he denies his sickness. He had this cold prior to Montresor’s invitation to taste the wine, yet ignores the symptoms since a cough cannot kill a man. Used beautifully in the story, the ironic ending twist signifies that in fact, a cold can kill a man who is blinded by pride, willing to sacrifice his well-being for a higher class. Either using cross-psychology or to cover his true motives, Montresor offers to turn back for him to recover, but he persists that he must taste the wine. How Fortunato reacts to his cough symptoms progressing is similar to how Montresor reacts to Fortunato’s insults: the accumulation

In the story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe, he writes about a man named Montressor who for some reason (one that we do not know) vows revenge on a well respected and even feared guy named Fortunato, to better understand the story though you will want to know about the author Edgar Allen Poe. Edgar Allen Poe has been a huge influence to many writers in short stories. Most of his tales deal with detective, and gothic horror tales, and in most of his tales readers live the story through first person narrator like in "The Cask of Amontillado" who tells the tale. The fact