Examples Of Fortunato In The Cask Of Amontillado

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The Cask of Amontillado was written using Edgar Allan Poe's fear of being buried alive. In Cask of Amontillado, Montressor the narrator wanted revenge on Fortunato. Fortunato and Montressor use to be good friends until conflict arose between them. So now Montressor hates Fortunato and is confident that he will make him pay. He wanted revenge because it Fortunato hurt many of Montessor friends, Burying him alive explains why he got him drunk and why. Fortunato was a very strange man.He is addicted to wine and Montressor used that against his enemy . “He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine.” Fortunato has a very bad drinking problem, causing him to feel good and making easy for Montressor to trick him into the Catacombs. Montressor

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