Montresor's Revenge On Fortunado

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The Narrator Montresor, describes his revenge on Fortunato , during a carnival in Venice fifty years ago. Montresor tells fortunado he has some rare wine and lures him into a cellar. Leads him the way into his family catacombs, with the drunk Fortunado following. Point of view is an very important factor in this story, We know from the first-person account that Montresor seeks revenge on Fortunato, but no further details are where to sensitive to divulge. I think Poe did this on purpose because by explaining Montresor's need for revenge the author would be humanizing and justifying Montresor's motives. By omitting such information, however, Poe offers a horrifying observation that such innate evil and malice exists in people; their purpose,

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