Who Is Montresor Insane

“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is an excellent story. It is a very mysterious story because Montresor wants to kill his friend Fortunato for supposedly insulting Montresor in some way. Psychological strategy falls under this story because one can develop an understanding of why Montresor is really upset towards Fortunato and plans revenge.

Montresor has an anger against Fortunato because he supposedly offended Montresor “… but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge” (533). Montresor wants revenge and by doing so he will kill Fortunato. Montresor seems so mad that he will not have sympathy. He says, “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity” (533). The quote shows that Montresor is insane because he wants to kill

When Montresor told him about the Amontillado, a type of drink, the desire to drink the wine sparked. Fortunato wanted to be the one to taste it because he said, “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry” he said that he was the one to go ahead and try it (533). When they were in the carnival Fortunato was eager to try the wine he grabbed Montresor and said, “Come, let us go” (533). Fortunato’s ambition to try the wine was so big that he would not let anything get in his way not even his illness, “Let us go, nevertheless. The cold is merely nothing. Amontillado! You have been imposed upon. And as for Luchesi, he cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado” (534). His drinking problem was taking control of him because we really wanted to try the wine and he was already drunk when they were on their way down to the vault. When they were already deep inside the vault once again Fortunato got stubborn. He was coughing a lot that it was impossible for him to speak Montresor was telling him that they should head back, but Fortunato’s ambition was so big he did not want to go back, “Enough the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough” (534). Fortunato’s psychological drinking problem was taking over him because he wanted to try the Amontillado. When he was tied up and Montresor was building the wall he has resigned to fight for his life. He accepted the fact that Montresor was going to leave him

All of Edgar Alan Poe’s stories are very mysterious and dark. They always seem to have some kind of death in his stories. Some stories like “Berenice”, “The Black Cat”, “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” and even “The Cask of Amontillado” are very weird and different. It is also thought that Edgar had psychological problems because of his drinking problems. Poe would not be able to control his problem, and he would get drunk and it is possible that this influenced his writings. Another reason it is thought he had a psychological problem was because he was found ill in a ditch. Then he was taken to the hospital and dies three days after. No one knows a lot about his death and it still remains a mystery. Maybe Poe’s psychological problem made him write stories that were dark and different from other stories. Even though Edgar Allan Poe’s stories are strange they are very interesting, and it keeps the reader’s attention to continue