The Role Of My Best Friend In The Cask Of Amontillado

Have you ever felt the weight of the world resting on your shoulders, threatening to come crashing down, and destroying your life? Nowadays, teenagers face so much pressure in their everyday lives, and they try not to explode on mere spectators. The main character, Montresor, in Edgar Allen Poe’s The Cask Of Amontillado, loses control because he overreacts due to the actions of his ‘dear friend’, Fortunato. By examining the situation of your best friend lying to you, dealing with an intense workload in school, and trying to please your boss, one can see that it is important for teenagers to take elements of their life with a grain of salt, rather than letting it control them.

One can see by examining a situation in which your best friend is lying to you, that it is important for a teenager to remember to take this situation with a grain of salt, rather than letting it condemn them. Your best friend may be lying to you about where they were last night, simply because he/she went out with some friends, and did not want your company. This may feel like you are being stabbed in the heart, and you may momentarily hate your friend, but it is important to keep your cool and not overreact. Montresor acts upon his feeling of hatred towards his ‘dear friend’, as he harshly states, “when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge” (Poe, 1). He acts brutally because of his
After all, we do not want to end up as a murderer, just as Montresor did in The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe. Life is filled with ups and downs. Teenagers have to remember to look at the positives and keep their cool, rather than act irrationally, which has proven to make matters worse for