The Questioning Of Montresor's The Cask Of Amont

The story of “The Cask of Amontillado,” has the lack of evidence that goes along with Montresor’s claims to Fortunato’s “thousand injuries” and “insult.” The story is about revenge and secret murder as a way to avoid using the proper channels for justice. The law is nowhere on Montresor’s mind, and the horror of the story is the fact of punishment without proof. Montresor uses his unfortunate experience of Fortunato’s insult to name himself judge, jury, and executioner in this short story, which also makes him a hard to believe narrator. Montresor confesses this story fifty years after it happens and such a significant time between the event and the story of the event makes his story all the more unbelievable. Montresor’s believability is very low and it makes one question the rational consideration of evidence, such as the specific insult that would necessarily have to come before any guilty sentence in the real world. “The Cask of Amontillado” takes interpretation and the fact that some people interpret things differently, to a terrible end.

His face covered in a black silk mask, Montresor represents not blind justice but it’s opposite which is revenge. In contrast, Fortunato is wearing the multicolored costume of the court fool, who gets literally and deathly fooled by Montresor’s plot to kill him. The color schemes represent the irony of Fortunato’s death sentence. Fortunato faces the reality that even the carnival season can be murderously serious. Montresor chooses the setting of the carnival for his cover up to his murderous plan. While the carnival usually means a joyful and fun time for people, Montresor uses it in a very dark way. The repeated focus drawn to the bones of Montresor’s family that line the vaults foreshadow the story’s path into death. The two men’s underground travels are a metaphor for their trip to a deathly