What type of person do you think Fortunato is? In this story, Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, Montresor is seeking revenge on Fortunato. Fortunato makes himself an easy target because he doesn't think he has done anything wrong to Montresor, he drank too much wine, and he was very interested in the wine Montresor supposably had for him. Fortunato had in some way insulted Montresor in the past. He never thought about what might be coming for him. Fortunato is the type of man to put people down and not think much of it. "So he knew a lot about fine wines, and proudly beloved that he was a trained judge of them". (Poe) This shows that Fortunato comes off as arrogant. Because Montresor had not reacted to being insulted in the past, Fortunato
thought he could get away with it. The night Montresor got his revenge on Fortunato he had had a little too much wine to function correctly. Drinking and judging wines is something Fortunato chooses to do often. "Fortunatos step was not sure, because of the wine he had been drinking" (Poe 290) He was uneasy about where he was being taken, but continued to go anyway. Montresor believed that he would be in this condition, though he gave Fortunato a little more to top it off. With just the mention of Amontillado Fortunato was going to follow Montresor no matter what. Fortunato wanted to taste the Amontillado. "Luchresi? He does not know one wine from Turner 2 another." (Poe 288) Fortunato was taken back by the fact that Montresor had suggested that Luchresi knew more about wine than he did. He wanted to prove him wrong and was too tipsy to realize anything was going on. Fortunato did not care about the cold and the wet in his tipsy state. He has his mind set on proving to be the better judge. As one can see, Fortunato was making himself an easy target for Mongresors revenge. His thoughts, choices, and actions make this clear to us. He did doesn't think he did anything wrong to Montresor, he drank too much wine, and he was determined to drink the Amontillado.
He gives very little information about Fortunato, past that he is a wine connoisseur. There is no mention of what Fortunato does for leisure, his family, or even his job. In fact, the only details the reader receives on Fortunato paint him as a fool, with his costume, his drunken attitude, and obliviousness Montresor is focuses on the facts that make Fortunato look bad; he not only wants Fortunato dead but he also wants Fortunato’s name discredited. Montresor tells the reader even less about himself because there is no background to who Montresor is, what he does, or even what kind of contact he has with Fortunato. The only true details of Montresor that are given must be implied and give a sense of intelligence. In addition, he gives little to no details about the carnival, such as where it was, why the carnival was happening, or even why he chose this particular day to enact his plan. From these details, or lack of details, it seems Montresor doesn’t want his audience to know this information. The audience is supposed to simply look at Fortunato a fool and Montresor a genius, the harbinger of death. The facts such as who these people were, the time, or the setting are not important to Montresor’s focus in the
Montresor wants to get revenge on people who make him mad such as Fortunato. How Fortunato may have hurt Montresor is by insulting him and by threatening him somehow. Therefore, Montresor wants to make sure that Fortunato doesn’t expect anything by being his friend. Once Montresor
In the Cask of Amontillado, our narrator’s situation is one he is quite happy being in. Our narrator is Montresor, an Italian man rich with pride, and you quickly learn through his narration that he is intelligent, conniving, and extremely sinister. Throughout the story, everything Montresor does is motivated by one thing, his own thirst for vengeance. Montresor explains his actions are a result of Fortunato constantly abusing him and finally going too far, but he never explains anything Fortunato has done to insult him. When we meet Fortunato, he is extremely friendly towards Montresor, albeit a little intoxicated, so much that he makes Montresor’s story of “a thousand injuries” seem unbelievable (Cask 1). Compared to Gilman’s narrator whose spiral out of control was triggered by her forced seclusion from the outside world, it seems that Montresor’s insanity come from inside his own head. There is no evidence that suggest any attempts by Fortunato to belittle or insult Montresor in any way. I believe that Montresor may have been jealous of Fortunato’s success in life, and that is what drove him to vengeance. For example, on their way to the catacombs Fortunato makes a hand gesture of the Masons, a secret brotherhood, which Montresor doesn’t understand. Fortunato ask if Montresor is a Mason and for him to prove it, and Montresor lies and shows his trowel (Cask 5). This proves that
Montresor does have some disconnect or mental problem. He wishes to kill Fortunato for insulting him, but he never specifies what insult it was. He also states he has borne a thousand injuries. This is an exaggeration- Montresor only says this because he needs a reason to kill Fortunato. If Fortunato has done anything to deserve a painful death, he would certainly know, but Montresor does not let fortunato know what he has done and states "neither by word nor deed had [Montresor] given Fortunato cause to doubt [his] goodwill." Montresor's madness is also made clear by his method of killing Fortunato; he suffocates him in a wall built in f...
Comparing the Narration of The Cask of Amontillado and The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe
Poe's, The Cask of Amontillado is a story about fear and revenge. The story begins with Montressor's vow of revenge, foreshadowing future actions. "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could; but when he ventured upon insult vowed revenge..." Montressor had to be sure not to raise suspicion of what he was going to do Fortunato. Montressor knew that Fortunato had a weakness that he could use towards his advantage.
He did not show even by words that he is going to kill. Also, he did not let Fortunato to know that he intended any grudge against him “..neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will... He did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation (8-10).” One night while Fortunato was drunk, Montresor told him that he bought a barrel of wine called Amontillado “But I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts (25).” He understood that Fortunato “prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine (12).” He attracted him to going to his house to check the drink by saying that he might invite Luchresi to do it, a seeming rival of Fortunato 's, instead “As you are engaged, I am on my way to Luchresi. If any one has a critical turn it is he. He will tell me (37-38).” When they left, Montresor put on a mask and quickly took the way to his property. He was sure nobody could see them together on Fortunato 's last night. Moreover, Montresor completely knew Fortunato and used the knowledge versus him. He planned his deed carefully and carried it out slowly. It seems that Montresor anticipated his revenge with joy. While they traveled down the cavern, Montresor gives Fortunato many opportunities to leave. Fortunato looks weak against the niter, which is growing on the walls, and repeatedly coughs. Montresor commented on Fortunato 's health and asked
Fortunato exhibits extreme narcissism upon himself and fails to see the bigger picture going on around him. Montresor expended a great amount of time in thinking of a way to defeat his prey in his own world. His target had a weakness of lust for wine, in fact he, prided himself in his connoisseurship. Consequently, too much pride can be harmful according to Jessica Tracy, “hubristic pride is related to narcissistic traits like entitlement, arrogance, and egotism” all which Fortunato exemplified (Oprah). Montresor baited Fortunato into his pleasure “As you are engaged, I am on my way to Luchesi” though we never meet Luchesi his character is of lesser rank when it comes to wine connoisseurship (Poe). Montresor was very clever in this quiet deed; he even took the time to provide many outs for Fortunato whether it was concern for his prey’s health or warnings of harsh conditions ahead. Drunk and prideful he could care less about his health during the cold trot through the vaults “The cold is merely nothing… and as for Luchesi, he cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado” thus his narcissistic ways are even selfish to his own temple (Poe). Fortunato ignores his plethora of coughs and implies to move forward while Montresor ensures him that his health is too precious but again triggers him saying Luchesi is in a
Hoping to obtain revenge, Montresor, the narrator, lures Fortunato, one of his friends, into the depths of his catacombs to be murdered. Montresor says, "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge"(149). This is the first line in the story, and this is why Montresor seeks revenge. There is no explanation of the insults that Montresor received, so the reader may infer that Montresor is just lying. The insults that were received could possibly be just outdoing in the business arena. Montresor might be using that excuse for his desire to kill Fortunato, because he may be killing Fortunato out of jealousy. Montresor is likely telling this story to a family member, friend, or his doctor while lying on his deathbed. Montresor says, "…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."(150). Montresor just admitted that he knows Fortunato is better than he. Montresor may have been under the influence of jealousy. Redd 4 There are different theories to ...
After countless injuries that Fortunato presents to Montressor, he still endures them all. However, Montressor’s jealousy eventually gets to the best of him when he relentlessly describes, “When he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length, I would be avenged…he did not perceive at the time that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation” (Poe 3). Although it is not directly stated, it is clear he is jealous of Fortunato’s rights of insulting him and desires to relinquish this insult, whatever it might be. In addition, Montressor’s actions display what jealousy can psychologically do to a person and the bizarre and incredible lengths people would go to to overtake this jealousy. Likewise, Fortunato is also affected by jealousy because it is used to trick him into his own decease by Montressor. They talk about his fresh wine, debating whether it is real or simply a cheap brand as Montressor reassures him by saying, “As you are engaged, I am on my way to Luchesi. If any one has a critical turn, it is he. He will tell me” (4). Astonished, Fortunato replies, “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from sherry…Come, let us go…To your vaults” (4). Inevitably, he grows jealous upon
and his family, Montresor retaliated by plotting to kill him. Montresor thought of Fortunato as a
Fortunato was a connoisseur, a critical judge of anything, in wine; this is what he prided himself on the greatest. Montresor feels like this is not only Fortunato’s weakness, but is also one of his own personal strengths. He uses this belief and cunningly creates a nonexistent cask of Amontillado that he knows Fortunato would do almost anything to taste. Montresor then says that he is going to have Luchesi taste the wine because “if anyone has a critical turn, it is he” (237). Montresor had the intent of insulting Fortunato’s pride and he knew that that statement would do the job because just like mentioned earlier, Fortunato prides himself on the belief that he is the best wine taster around. Because Montresor insulted him, Fortunato decides to insult Montresor back, but also insults Luchesi at the same time by saying “You have been imposed upon; and as for Luchesi, he cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado” (237). Fortunato’s pride is so great that he believes he can do anything because of his connoisseurship, which pushes him deeper into the trap that Montresor is laying down for
In the opening lines Montresor explains what Fortunato has done to him: ?he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge?(75. The next line Montresor explains that he did not threaten him back and he did not reply to the threats. It was not in Montresor?s nature to do return the threat, ?You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat?(75).
When Fortunato is greedy, we can see how montresor could have taken advantage of him. Due to the face that Fortunato is greedy with his wines, we can see that Montresor could have very easily gotten sick of him. "...but in the matter of old wines he was sincere. In this respect I did not differ from his materially: I was skillful in the Italian vintages myself..." (. ) this indicates that Montresor and Fortunato both love wine but Fortunato was more greedy when it comes to the good wine. Montresor said he had just as good of taste for good wine but Fortunato did not think so. It clear from this situation that Montresor is jealous that Fortunato has better wine tasting skills.
Knowing the type of person Montresor can have a manipulative sane personality and can be a crazy balanced person who wants revenge for not getting a smile back. Fortunato was foolish for falling into a trap knowing that Amontillado was not in season however, the mind of a man can easily be beguiled and manipulated. I find Fortunato’s death ironically because his name in Spanish sounds like fortunate, in the start of the story he has virtually everything he wants, but seems to be depressed because he drinks quite often even though there is a festival. To pride yourself in wine a person might have to drink often. In my opinion he responsible, for his own death I find that even if he did not want to die it was his journey that couldn’t been avoided at least he died what was at the most pride full thing in his mind tasting wine, but this wine was literally to die for. In the end he did get the best sip of wine the relief of