Fortunato's Manipulation

The Cask of Amontillado In “The Cast of Amontillato,” Edgar Poe manipulates the story to be the way he wants it to be by using the narrator’s point of view. The point of view could be very important in influencing the reader’s perception of the story. By reading the first paragraph of the story, we realize that the narrator is trying to bring the reader to his side, even though he presents us a really vague understanding of his motivations. Montresor’s actions of good will and careful manipulation of Fortunato presents the attention of his plans of Fortunato’s death. “The thousands injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge” (Poe 236). The narrator tries to win the reader right away by telling him that Fortunato has crossed over the line. In fact, we don’t really know if Fortunato has really insulted Montresor, the narrator, or if Montresor is just an unreasonable, cold-blooded murderer. In contrast,
After constantly insulting Luchesi for his lack of intellectuality, Fortunato appears to be even easier to fool. As a fact, we truly don’t know if Fortunato would have been smarter in his normal state if he wasn’t so drunk and in unsuspicious conditions. Nevertheless, by the end of the story, Montresor proves to be more evil and more intelligent than Fortunato. As he tells Fortunato, he comes from a family with motto and a coat of arms that indicates a long tradition of revenge, and he ignores any torture of heart sickness by blaming the damp and shutting Forunato into the burial ground of his revenging family. Montresor says, “Nemo me impune lacessit.” (Poe 238) which it means is “No one attacks me without paying