should be death. Edgar Allan Poe in his Cask of Amontillado shows the main character, Montresor, taking revenge on Fortunato for years of insults. Fortunato allows himself to be persuaded to go with Montresor to his family’s catacombs to taste test an expensive wine. He is baited by the idea that his opinion wasn’t called upon first as Luchesi’s was. Fortunato wants to prove that he is an expert on fine wines and that he’s better than Luchesi. Fortunato is drunk enough that he can’t detect the
man named Fortunato in the story, ‘The Cask of Amontillado,’ by Edgar Allen Poe. The two main characters are Montresor and Fortunato. Montresor accomplishes his revenge on Fortunato, because he is smart, determined, and vengeful. Montresor is a clever man. He tricks his friend Fortunato into following him to his death by saying,”Come,’ said I, with decision, ‘we will go back; your health is precious… you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible.’”(Poe 289) Montresor knows that Fortunato won’t go
For the character analysis assignment, Fortunato seemed like the best choice to write about. Fortunato is one of the main character’s in the story, “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allen Poe. In the story Fortunato gets murdered by the other main character, Montresor, in the catacombs under his so-called “friends” palazzo. In the story, Fortunato’s actions show that he is a naïve, arrogant, drunk meanie butt to Montresor. Some of the actions he does that shows you this is, he insulted
Fortunato was a very simple man, especially when he was intoxicated, and this simple fact, a fact that every person who had met Fortunato had known and ignored, would end up leading him to his inevitable doom. It was another night at a carnival, and Fortunato was doing what he might have considered a fun sport, drinking booze, when a familiar face came up to him. It was Montresor, a so called friend of Fortunato’s, “My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met” he said, as he gave an uneasy grin to Fortunado
The Cask of Amontillado Being trapped for the rest of your life and left to die must be one of the worst ways to die. That is how the character Fortunato must have felt in the story of “The Cask of Amontillado” after being trapped underground in a Catacomb left to die. Edgar Allan Poe is famous for his books which mostly are horror or gothic stories like the story “Tell Tale Heart” where the narrator goes insane and murders the old man, cuts up his corps, and buries them underneath the wooden floor
story “A Cask of Amontillado,” written by Edgar Allen Poe, was about a man named Montresor who wanted to seek revenge against another man named Fortunato during the carnival season. I have chosen Fortunato for my character analysis who was a connoisseur in wine, and, according to Montresor, had given Montresor “A thousand injuries” (Edgar Allen Poe Pg. 286). After these “Thousand Injuries,” Montresor wants revenge against Fortunato by killing him. The traits I’ll use to describe Fortunato are his
likes. “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe is about a man named Montressor and a man named Fortunato, which are the main characters. Montressor decided to seek revenge on Fortunato but he doesn’t include why. He meets Fortunato at a carnival, Montressor grabs Fortunato’s attention by informing him that he has a rare wine. Montressor lures Fortunato into the catacombs of his home and kills Fortunato. The theme of “The Cask of Amontillado” is betrayal. Montressor deceives Fortunato into looking
The story “Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, is a short story written in a way of getting revenge. Fortunato is a character in the story which had hurt Montresor in the past, while Montresor is getting revenge on Fortunato. The reason why Montresor is getting revenge, is because Fortunato has insulted him. Fortunato makes himself an easy target because of him insulting Montresor, going into the catacombs, and Fortunato’s health is important. Montresor has been insulted by Fortunato. In the past
The Cask of Amontillado was a horror story written by the best writer of all time with Edgar Allen Poe. This story was written in 1846. The main characters in this story are Montresor, a wealthy, well educated rich man, and Fortunato, a very well known and well liked and he also professions in wine. Many people have said that this was his best story and I could agree. This is a very twisted story involving revenge, murder, torture, and addiction taken place in a huge system of catacombs beneath Italy
“The Cask of Amontillado” The topic of crime is one of the most popular in Edgar Allen Poe’s novels. “The Cask of Amontillado,” the short story of thriller character, Poe is trying to show from the inside the mental side of the crime. He is not interested in the social roots of the crime but rather in non-motivated actions that go beyond normal behavior of a human being in society. What truly strikes in this story is the masterfully created setting of the vaults and constantly creating tension