get you killed‚ if you are too caught up in it. 2. Characters: a. Montresor is the narrator and is portrayed as coldhearted and ruthless. He kills his acquaintance because he is seeking “equal” revenge after he has been insulted. He tricks his victim into going into a catacomb (where he buries him)‚ by asking him to taste some wine‚ to see if it is Amontillado. b. Fortunato is the victim who has insulted Montresor. He is portrayed as a drunk‚ foolish‚ and conceited man. Fortunato’s conceitedness
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they know‚ or think they know. In the “cask of Amantillado” we are shown how bias can impact a story when Montresor has the idea of geeting revenge on Fortunado because of the lack of respect Fortunado apparently showed him‚ but when we read the dialogue between the two men Fortunado is very friendly towards Montresor even agreeing to help taste the wine with him. So we see that maybe Montresor has a different perspective on how the story went then Fortunado did‚ we are seeing bias in this story. Bias
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Montresor knew that Fortunato had a weakness for the spirits and he used this against him to lure him to his death. “He had a weak point-this Fortunato-He prided himself upon his connoisseurship in wine” (Mays 108). Montresor knows that he will not turn down the invite for a chance to drink Amontillado. He uses the imaginary Cask to lure him into the catacombs
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in this story. He is telling this story some years later in life. He is actually narrating this and confesses this tale. Poe‚ Montresor‚ has been has been insulted by his friend and feels that he needs to get revenge. This friend‚ Fortunato‚ who claims to know his wines‚ claims he knows the difference between two certain wines. He insists to go down into Montresor vaults and taste these wines. He will not let his competitors get the best of him. The deception has been laid. The narrator keeps
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Thomas Gray Biography : Thomas Gray was born in Cornhill‚ London‚ the son of an exchange broker and a milliner. He was the fifth of 12 children and the only child of Philip and Dorothy Gray to survive infancy. He lived with his mother after she left his abusive father. He was educated at Eton College where his uncle was one of the masters. He recalled his schooldays as a time of great happiness‚ as is evident in his Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College. Gray was
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when the narrator’s “heart grew sick” (Poe 351) but claims this reaction as an effect of the ” dampness of the catacombs” (Poe 351). This tells the readers that Montresor had a feeling of guilt and maybe even pity for Fortunato’s death‚ but disregards this and blames it on the moistness of the catacombs. The story also tells that Montresor “hastened to make an end of [his] labor” and “forced the last stone into its position” (Poe 351). These statements gave the readers an idea that the narrator had
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Cask of Amontillado Sometimes‚ it is not the people that change‚ but the mask that falls off. Montresor seeks revenge against Fortunato. Montresor has committed a thousand injuries against Fortunato‚ but no further details are given. Even though Montresor thinks Fortunato and him are good friends‚ Fortunato is just hiding behind a mask. He has no clue of the deadly plans that Fortunato is planning. Montresor knows that his enemy’s fatal weakness is that he drinks to much‚ and uses this to cause his
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drinking a glass of water which his pallor indicated he needed greatly‚ while the count was already changing into the costume of a court jester.” Similarly‚ in the Cask of Amontillado Fortunato dresses as a jester while going to the carnival and Montresor takes him to the catacombs and ends up burying him alive. On the other hand‚ Dumas uses the outfit on the Count of Monte Cristo as an ironic way of saying that the Count is deceiving the other characters in the book through his multiple identities
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was my wont‚ to smile in his face‚ and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.”(212). This statement that the narrator uses seems to mean that Montresor is happy to see his friend‚ but it is clearly seen as a sign of his upcoming revenge plot. The way the reader feels toward Montresor definitely changes‚ because he acted as he is the good person‚ when in reality he is the bad person. As a reader‚ this
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As I heard Montresor calling my name I stayed silent in the pitch black darkness of this trap.Still yearning for the Amontillado that I was deprived and tricked into thinking was in this cellar I waited until I thought he was far long gone into the chambers I started to look around as my eyes started to adjust to the darkness of the cellar in which I was fettered.I saw a key it was far out of my reach but if I stretched as far as I could I would be able to reach it.Since Montresor only put the
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