Analysis Of The Cask Of Amontillado

A glass of wine goes good with murder; The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe 's "The Cask of Amontillado" (1846) remains open for interpretation due to the lack of notable motive in the story. Poe’s tale is a confessional short story about a man who committed a horrific crime fifty years ago. The perplexing and absence of motive for this crime creates the incapability to find a rational explanation of Montresor 's abhorrence for Fortunato. Montresor is portrayed as insane but, in fact, he out wits Fortunato and lures him to his inevitable death. Poe discloses that there are no details in his works that appear due to accident. This writing style and work proceeds to analyze the motive of murder in “The Cask of Amontillado”.

Montresor the murder in fact explains how he committed the crime over fifty years ago. “The Cast of

Amontillado” is not a detective short shorty because there is no investigation on the killing of Fortunato. “ The Cast of Amontillado” would fit better into the category of a mystery short story. Instead of looking for “who committed the crime” we and trying to

Nistor 2 figure out “ why the crime was committed”. The only obvious reason for Montresor to murder Fortunato given in the text is revenge. "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" (?). Montresor plan of revenge is examined in criticism. G.R. Thompson, for instance, claims that Montresor has not completed a perfect murder: "Montresor, rather than having successfully taken his revenge 'with impunity ' ... has instead suffered a fifty-years ' ravage of conscience" (13-14). Thompson believes that Montresor 's words in the opening of the story, "you, who so well know the nature of my soul" (?), are spoken to Montresor 's confessor. "For if Montresor has murdered Fortunato fifty years before, he must now be some seventy to eighty years of age" (13-14). Thompson Believes due to fact that Montresor 's narration is a confession made on his

Poe avoids telling us what specific “injuries” that Montresor has experienced and how it has affected him. Montresor seeks revenge on Fortunato because of an "insult," not "injuries." Poe 's does not give any information about the insults that was made to cause Montresor to murder Fortunato. In an annotation to "The Cask of Amontillado," Stephen Peithman writes, "If there is any doubt that Montresor is mad, consider how he echoes Fortunato scream for scream, shrieking even louder than his victim" (174).Also, Edward Hutchins Davidson writes, We never know what has made him hate Fortunato nor are we aware that he has ever laid out any plan to effect his revenge.... There