The Cask Of Amontillado Deception

“The Cask of Amontillado,” is a confession written by Montresor, who clearly states that the antagonist, Fortunato, has irreparably insulted him. Poe makes it clear that Montresor has been insulted, however, he never reveals what Fortunato has don to insult him. Montresor seeks to uphold his family’s motto, “Nemo me impune lacessit," which translates to, "No one insults me with impunity." Montresor is under the impression that he must not only make Fortunato realize his wrong doings, but that he must also punish the guilty with impunity.

Poe and “The Cask of Amontillado” were interlocked in many ways, but Poe wanting comeuppance was his largest connection. Montresor wants to get back at Fortunato, but nobody knows exactly why. In the story, Fortunato accidentally gives hints talking about a girl when he mentions “Will not they be awaiting us at the palazzoㅡthe Lady Fortunato at the rest? Let us be gone” (239). Fortunato was intoxicated, he did not even know that he was going to be murdered. He did not know what he was really saying, and him unintentionally commenting about a lady, was not the most intelligent thing to state. Poe relates to the story because his lady was taken away in his own life. The author of “Edgar Allan Poe Biography” under “Early Life” states “He

The lavish black roquelaire absorbed nearly all of the light in the surrounding area which perfectly made a silhouette of Montresor’s figure. The smell of nitre permeated throughout the air like a plague. The smell was so overpowering that I nearly passed out. As I hung there, bound to the wall by cold rusted chains, I could make out the twisted smile of Montresor as he removed his silken mask. I looked him in the eye and could see the hate behind them. It seemed to be more primal and real than anything else I had ever seen. After staring me down, Montresor hastily produced that godforsaken trowel from underneath his cloak and started to lay layer after layer of brick, starting to enclose me into this horrible room. My last view of Montresor

Within Edgar Allen Poe’s work “The Cask of Amontillado” a man essentially murders his friend over jokes that were more or less aimed towards him. We as readers were never completely told what Fortunato did to warrant his untimely death, but we do know whoever the narrator was retelling this ‘account’ to, they steadily become aware that what Montresor was taking as insults most likely were fallacious and erroneous claims and most likely were small jests. From the very beginning, we know that Fortunato did not of his ‘wrongdoings’ which makes the happy jingling bells on his cap even more sorrowful and the story continuation from that point is even darker. The way the narrator tells this story is not in the least bit reliable, but his style

"I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong." With these ferverous words from the introductory paragraph of Edgar Allan Poe's Cask of Amontillado, the story of Montresor's revenge begins. Poe repeatedly stresses the need for revenge due to bitterness and resentment in Montresor's character towards Fortunato, but more importantly, stress is placed on revenge by which the victim realizes their injustice towards the redresser. Unfortunately, it seems that Montresor is denied this pure and encompassing revenge when his victim,

The Cask of Amontillado is considered to be one of the best short stories. Written by Edgar Allan Poe in first person and having all the main events as a three hundred page fiction book, The Cask of Amontillado is a complete novel. This short story has several themes which function from the first page of the story such as: suspense, fear, and revenge.

In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”, the narrator, Montresor, deliberately misled his “friend” Fortunato in furtherance of seeking revenge with impunity. One example of his many deceptions is when Montresor approached his drunk “friend” Fortunato during the Carnival and said to him, “My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met […] I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts,” (62) hoping that he would be tempted to sample a glass of nonexistent wine. In this scene, he pretended to want Fortunato’s judgment whether the wine was legit Amontillado, so he could lure him to his burial site inside the catacombs. Moreover, Fortunato was no friend to Montresor considering that he wanted retribution. Because he said

Edgar Allen Poe’s story, “The Cask of Amontillado” is the story of two men, Fortunato and Montressor. This story is a prime example of how the saying “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words may never hurt me” is false. Basically, Fortunato was rude and insulted Montressor, but instead of ignoring the bastard Montressor lowkey went too far with the revenge and murdered Fortunato.

In The Cask of Amontillado Poe engages the reader by using suspense to emphasize Montresor’s villainous mindset. On page 209 Montresor stated, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne best I could; when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.” This explains his feelings towards Fortunato and how he “insults” him.

Writer Kurt Vonnegut created eight tips that should be applied for any great story. In the short story, “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allen Poe three of these tips are applied. Included in this story are: do not waste the reader’s time, each character must want something, and to be a sadist. Using these three tips makes Poe’s work a gripping short story that reveals how powerful words can be and that they can come with severe consequences. Also, that there can always be a lesson to be learned no matter the circumstances. This story illustrates a man’s revenge on the circumstance of an insult by a friend and how he decides to react to it.

The decision I made about the choice of confinement as the theme to analyze is the right decision because I want to delve into the different types of irony that comes with confinement, and the many ways in which people could be confined. “Throwing the kinks about his waist, it was but the work of a few seconds to secure it.” (Beers et.al 291) is illustrated in the story “The Cask of Amontillado”. This quote supports my claim because it shows an instance, although fictional, in which a person would be physically confined.

Many words have been exchanged between Fortunato and Montresor many of which were insults. As the conversations went on the insults continued digging more and more at Montresor. The verbal abuse continued twisting Montresor's mind for the worse. Montresor decided to kill Fortunato in a way his words could never hurt him again. Putting his thoughts into action Montresor conveniently runs into Fortunato at the carnival mentioning "My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking to-day. But I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts." The alcoholic Fortunato was he followed his friend into the family Catacomb below the ground to taste the rare prize soon realizing they were not just there for the drink. Montresor excitedly ends the ruthless statements that through him over the edge by putting the last brick into place rewarding himself with the sound of a tune known as the Fortunato Jingle.

Montresor told Fortunato that he had bought a case of Amontillado and would like to share it with him. Instead of just asking Fortunato, though, he says, “I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts” (Page 1). Fortunato, knowing what Amontillado is and believing it is of the highest quality, takes this to offense and wants to see what Montresor might see that is wrong with the Amontillado. This was Montresor’s way of making sure that Fortunato would be interested in coming. Montresor not only used his intelligence on Fortunato, but on his attendants.

The Cask of Amontillado is an interesting story if I so say so myself due to the actions and characteristics of the main character whose name is Montresor. It is not easy to find out that this is the name of the narrator of the story since he did not mention his name nor did Fortunato, his supposed "friend", mention his name. So this can be found in paragraphs 45-49 because the main character said "The Montresors were a great and numerous family" to which Fortunato replied "I forgot your arms". The narrator then replied what the arms had on them which were, and which I directly quote "a huge human foot d'or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel. " To which Fortunato asks about the motto to

     In “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe takes us on a journey into the mind of a mad man. The story relates a horrible revenge made even more horrible by the fact that the vengeance is being taken when no real offense had been given. In a short space and with ultimate technical skill, Poe creates a nightmare, guaranteed to give the reader a sleepless night.