The Cask Of Amontillado Essay Questions

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The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Comp. Questions “The Cask of Amontillado” is a chilling story, but Poe also uses humorous elements as the narrator recounts his experience with Fortunato. One part in the story that I found to be humorous was the part how Fortunato and Montresor’s friendship was still existing, even though Fortunato had hurt him so many times. Another humorous element in the story was when Montresor continued to smile in Fortunato’s face, and he had not understood that Montresor was smiling at the thought of what he had planned for him, which was his revenge. Also, Fortunato has no idea what he is going into and keeps drinking the Medoc. The humor adds entertainment to the story. When the story is entertaining it convinces the …show more content…

4. The narrator never specifies why he hates Fortunato. Instead, he states only that Fortunato caused “a thousand injuries” to the narrator and eventually “ventured upon insult.” My general impression of Fortunato is gullibility. He believes in Montresor because of his addiction to alcohol and wine. Although he hates Montresor, his love for wine convinces him to go to the vault with Montresor. When Montresor first states that he bought a full cask of a find wine called Amontillado, Fortunato says, “‘Amontillado! Quite impossible.’” When he first says this, I first felt that he was worthy of hatred because if he was unsure if Montresor actually had the Amontillado, then he shouldn’t have said anything. I do not think that any of Fortunato’s words and actions refute the narrator’s belief that Fortunato is worthy of hatred. However, Montresor’s strategy of revenge for all the injuries he had caused by Fortunato was evil, and he never explains what the “injuries”

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