Montresor's Revenge

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Revenge. According to Merriam-Webster, revenge means to avenge (as oneself) usually by retaliating in kind or degree. In “The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allan Poe, the protagonist, Montresor, has been hurt by Fortunato and can’t take anymore. He plans to not only to take revenge but to do it without getting caught. At the end, Fortunato’s strength becomes his weakness. Edgar Allan Poe explores the feelings one can have when acting out the act of revenge.
It is evident in the beginning of the story that Montrsor wants the reader to understand his motivation for revenge and how he is gong to deceive Fortunato. Montresor says, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I ventured upon insult I vowed revenge” (Poe 61). Poe only gives …show more content…

This gave Montresor the perfect way to bait Fortunato. Montresor planed everything to the last detail, which in today’s world is premeditated murder. The setting of the story, the carnival, helped Montresor plane out everything. In a carnival, everyone is having fun and no one is thinking that someone is going to murder someone else, which is why this was the perfect time. Montresor told Fortunato that he bought an Amontillado but wasn’t sure if it was one so he was going to Luchesi. Fortunato gets mad says Luchesi doesn’t know the difference between Amontillado from sherry. And so the journey to the Amontillado begins.
In “The Cask of Amontillado,” the suspense builds from the moment they enter the house. Montresor tells Fortunato that he told all the servants to go home so they could have privacy. When they were in the vaults Fortunato began to cough uncontrollably and Montresor tried to get them to “get back” but Fortunato was too stubborn to get back. When Fortunato wouldn’t stop coughing Montresor “tries” to get him to go back but Fortunato answers back with, “the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough.” (Poe 64) “True—true,” (Poe 64) replies

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