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"The Cask of Amontillado" is a story of revenge, Montresor is an unreliable narrator; that whatever insult Montresor believes Fortunato committed is probably imagined. Fortunato has no idea of Montresor's anger and this makes the story even more tragic. In the beginning of the story, Montresor says he must "punish with impunity." He states if the avenger is caught, or does not make the punishment known to he who committed the wrong, the wrong goes UN avenged. he sets the trap for Fortunato. But he gives Fortunato plenty of opportunities to back out, using the tricks of classic con men by playing on Fortunato's greed and pride. Actually it is Fortunato who insisted that they carry on to find the Amontillado, and this will no doubt torture him as he is buried alive. Montresor also provides hints as to what he plans to do with Fortunato. He comes up with a cask of Amontillado during carnival He tells Fortunato, "You are a man to be missed," and after Fortunato says he won't die of a cough, Montresor agrees. His family motto is "No one insults me with impunity" Fortunato suspects nothing, Montresor told the servants that he would be gone all night and forbade them to leave, knowing that they would all disappear to join the carnival as soon as he left, so no one is home when they arrive. He takes two torches and hands one to Fortunato and leads Fortunato into the Montresor catacombs. The passageway is very damp causing Fortunato to cough, but Montresor shows fake concern for Fortunato's health and offers him a sip of Medoc wine. Fortunato drinks to the dead, and Montresor drinks to Fortunato's long life. Montresor says that the level of damp is increasing since they are under the riverbed and offers to return to the surface, but Fortunato drinks more wine. Quickly, Montresor chains him to the granite while he is too surprised to resist.
Montresor lays the first tier of the wall right before Fortunato revives with a moan. Fortunato begins shaking his chain,

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