Montresor’s actions cannot be justified in any way‚ first of all Montresor deceived Fortunato and rather than dueling the man or taking matters into the laws hands‚ he did not even give Fortunato a chance to contest. Nothing can truly ever justify intentional murder‚ and surely this is also true of Montresor’s actions in "The Cask of Amontillado." Readers are never explicitly told what “insult” Fortunato has given to Montresor to cause him to respond in such a horrendous way. We as readers can
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The protagonist‚ Montresor embodies revenge‚ his motives thoughts and actions are driven by it‚ his every move clearly calculated to “not only punish‚ but punish with impunity” (Poe). Fortunato‚ “the fortunate one”‚ our hapless antagonist‚ is led to his ultimate resting place because of an inherent weakness‚ his pride.
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Amontillado"‚ the narrator can be described as brilliantly vengeful. Montresor can be seen in this way because of his well thought out plan to murder Fortunato. Knowing that Fortunato is a wine fanatic‚ he uses this to lure him into the catacombs where he is left for dead. Not only was his idea well thought out‚ Montresor managed to kill Fortunato without shedding a drop of blood. Throughout the story‚ Montresor continues to be cold and eventually shows no mercy in his actions. Montresor’s
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Garrett Culbert Oct 22 2014 Block: B7 Montresor vs. Zaroff There is a lot of simalaritys and difference between the two characters‚ M0ntresor in the cask of allmontiallo and General Zaroff in the most dangerous game. Montresor had his murder all planned out includeing every small detail. General Zaroff had never even planned on killing Rainsford because rainsford appeared out of nowhere to him and Zaroff wanted to hunt with Rainsford not hunt him. The reason Zaroff wanted to hunt Rainsford was
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completely different ways. In this tale‚ there is Montresor‚ a mentally ill but intelligent and hateful man‚ who feels threatened by Fortunato‚ a successful‚ respected‚ and quite gullible man. Tricky Montresor then leads oblivious Fortunato into the deepest recesses of his family’s catacombs in search of great wine. Fortunato is taken into a trap in which Montresor ties him up in chains and closes him up with brick and mortar. At last‚ Montresor sets fire to the closed off room in which unknowing
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Montresor‚ one of the main characters in The Cask of Amontillado‚ is a despicable person‚ and the reader should be repulsed by his antics. The story says‚ “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had born as best I could‚ but when he ventured upon an insult‚ I’ve vowed revenge” (Poe‚ 1.1). This proves that Montresor’s heart is cold‚ for he seeks revenge upon someone for something as petty as an insult. Furthermore‚ Montresor is prideful in that he cannot just look past a remark‚ he must one-up it with
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Montresor from "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe was a revengeful‚ sarcastic‚ and cruel man because he led Fortunato to his death. There is no doubt that Montresor was the antagonist of "The Cask of Amontillado". The reader discovered that when reading about his revengefulness at the beginning of this short story. Montresor had enough with Fortunato’s insults and finally decided to see an end to his life (The reader inferred that Fortunato had done something to Montresor and/or his
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ends up showing. In The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe‚ Montresor vows revenge against a foe of his. His method is murder. While in The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry‚ Della is a beautiful woman who wants to please her husband and stops at nothing to accomplish it. These two very different characters do have something in common. Both Montresor and Della develop their personality into motives that they carry out. Montresor and Della develop their feelings and overall personality into
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readers assume that the character of Montresor is a male figure. All of the actions of Montresor‚ throughout the course of the story‚ are full capabilities of a woman. It could be possible that our two characters had a love affair before our gruesome tale plays out. Let us say that Montresor is a mistress of Fortunado. He insults her in front of another man‚ couple‚ or lover publicly; as it is never said what the insult is specifically. Upon this insult Montresor‚ our female character‚ is so enraged
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Approximately 840 students at Harvard University may be psychopathic; a shocking suggestion‚ but one that is tackled by psychologist and former Harvard professor Martha Stout in her book The Sociopath Next Door. Stout suggests that up to 4% of the population meets the diagnostic criteria of ‘sociopath.’ Colloquially‚ the term ‘psycho’ is often used‚ but its actual meaning includes several specific traits: a failure to conform to social norms‚ impulsivity and indifference to name a few. In the simplest
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