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The Cast Of Amontillado Literary Analysis
In the short story The Cast of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe shares a story about insults and revenge in action. Montresor is the protagonist who holds a grudge against the antagonist, Fortunato. The first sentence sets the stage for the murder of Fortunato. “The thousands injuries of Fortunate I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge” (Poe, p. 108). It does not say what the “injuries” Montresor is referring to are, but in his book they were enough to murder Fortunato.
The narrator is telling this story many years after the actual murder of Fortunato. Poe does not give any explanation on why Montresor postponed sharing the story. One theory is that Montresor realized he killed Fortunato in vain. This implication
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