One instance of verbal irony can be pulled from both the protagonist and the antagonist's name. Fortunato's name in Italian meaning lucky or fortunate, and compared to Montresor he is. Especially when Montresor mentions that "You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was." (Poe 181) leading us to believe that his family used to be just as prominent as Fortunato’s some time ago. This could have given rise to insult
and the downfalls along with it are evidenced in Montresor and Fortunato in Edgar Allen Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado”. In this gothic tale, Montresor is somehow insulted by something Fortunato, an avid wine connoisseur has said. Montresor uses Fortunato’s ego and his pride to lure him into his catacombs to sample a quality dry sherry. He then eventually buries Fortunato in the wall. Montresor’s pride is so strong, he even boasts of his insane actions 50 years later. Shown throughout this story
Is there really such a thing as “the perfect crime?” In Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” there is strong evidence that the main character, Montresor, has in fact committed the perfect crime. This is a dark tale of an insane man who suffers from “the thousand injuries of Fortunato.” (226) Poe manages to create a narrator who is able to manipulate and kill another man while keeping a very calm voice explaining to the audience how perfectly justified he was in committing these horrible acts
the “villain” gives the reader an understanding for the reasoning behind Montresor’s actions. Doing this, Poe creates a story that has a grip to it that sets it apart and would have otherwise lacked. Poe introduces the reader to Montresor for the first time here, “You, who know so well the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat.” (Poe 635) Immediately, Poe forms a connection between the audience and the narrator. The connection presented in this sentence is
perfect. In Edgar Allan Poe's "A Cask of Amontillado" Poe voices that the trust between two friends will never be perfect after an act of insult. “Themes of betrayal and revenge clearly inform “The Cask of Amontillado.”(Nesbitt297) at first glance Montresor appears to be well inclined with Frortunato, however he doesn't feel anything but loathe for him. On the other hand, both of these men are pleased and well off, yet both have destructions that will lead up to a wicked consummation. Edgar Allan Poe's
Perhaps it is inexperience which makes them only able to see events in a naive light. Edgar Allen Poe’s character Montresor in The Cask of Amontillado is a prime example of an unreliable narrator, as is J. D. Salinger’s Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye. However, it can be difficult to distinguish between what is a reliable narrator, and what is not. An unreliable narrator is one who cannot be trusted to tell the story
the entirety of the story we see what is happening through the eyes of the wicked killer, Montresor, as he lures his clueless victim, Fortunato, to what would become his grave. Never is it explicitly stated why Montresor killed Fortunato, only how, but if one can analyze the story closely a conclusion can be reached. The first person narration of the story makes it even easier to see into the mind of Montresor and put the pieces of the puzzle together. With psychological analysis of “The Cask of Amontillado”
and latter commemoration of death, in “The Masque of the Red Death” is romanticized by displaying a party while the Red Death stalks the guest within Prince Prospero’s castle walls. A similar occurrence happens in “The Casque of Amontillado” when Montresor describes the casque of his unique alcoholic beverage from which the title is named, Amontillado, lightens the mood along with their drunken moods of expressing their natures towards one another. These elements of indication of the human nature can