Fortunato's Flaws

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“Cask of Amontillado” is a story of revenge. The author is Edgar Allen Poe, and published November 1846. It is set in Venice Italy and is about the revenge of a Montresor on Fortunato. Montresor had taken all of the insults from Fortunato that he could. He had to get revenge and he planned on it. Montresor was smart enough to take advantage of Fortunato’s flaws. He also acted like he cared about Fortunato’s health. The other thing he did was that he took revenge out of anger so every step was planned completely and entirely. I think Montresor is easily capable of taking advantage of Fortunato. Montresor was smart enough to take advantage of Fortunato’s flaws. He made him go into the catacombs not by force but by Fortunato’s own pride.
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