When looked at for the first time‚ Montresor in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado may seem disturbing. Montresor has plans to murder a man‚ Fortunato‚ for insulting him and plans on doing so by walling him up in the catacombs under his home. Montresor devises a clever plan that will leave Fortunato clueless as to his intensions. Upon a closer look‚ this character is admirable. Montresor carries out his plan successfully without being caught. He does this by using traits that are commendable
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Montresor‚ the sinister narrator of Edgar Allen Poe’s short story‚ A Cask of Amontillado‚ was very well skilled in stone masonry‚ as well as knowing his old friend’s habits and weaknesses. In the beginning of the story he states‚ “At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled-but the definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish but punish with immunity.”(61) Montresor is determined to not only get revenge
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would never do in their right mind. In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the character of Montresor feels he was insulted and desires retribution‚ causing him to become maniacal and manipulative. Poe develops the character of Montresor by using irony‚ viewpoint‚ and character motivation to demonstrate the strong desire for vengeance. Poe’s application of dramatic and verbal irony creates Montresor’s sick
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Kapsner English 11‚ Period 6 28 November 2016 Montresors Cunning Throughout history many men have sought revenge against the people they believed have wronged them. In Edgar Allen Poe’s short story The Cask of Amontillado‚ Montresor gets insulted once again by Fortunato and seeks revenge. Throughout the story Montresor convinces Fortunato to come down into his catacombs and taste the Amantillado he had just received. When they get down there Montresor chains Fortunato to the granite wall and begins
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The Cask of Amontillado In the horror story The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe ‚the author‚ made the main character‚ Montresor‚ a unreliable narrator because of how Montresor changes his feelings on Fortunato by wanting to kill him one minute but also calling him friend another minute. The story is about a man named Montresor who was humiliated by Fortunato. Since Montresor was humiliated he decided that he was going to have to get revenge on Fortunato because of what his family’s
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In terms of unreliable narrators‚ the two stories are similar. In "The Cask of Amontillado‚" the narrator‚ Montresor‚ seems to be confessing to the murder of Fortunato‚ possibly on his death bed‚ but the reader is never really sure what is real and what has been fabricated by Montresor over the 50 years since the crime happened. In "The Yellow Wallpaper‚" the narrator is also unreliable. We get snippets of her story from a journal she has been keeping that chronicles her descent into madness at
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The Unreliable Narration of Montresor: An Analysis on Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Story The Cask of Amontillado In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story‚ The Cask of Amontillado‚ a theme of gothic horror is present‚ due partly to the ironic narration of Montresor and the setting. Poe creates Montresor as one of a sociopathic nature‚ in which he jests with his victim‚ Fortunato‚ up until the moments of his death. Montresor’s narration however is unreliable in that the reader does not know whether the victim
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in The Cask of Amontillado will be mind boggling to the everyday man. The main character Montresor is seeking his revenge upon his old acquaintance Fortunato‚ and the piece does more than just punish. Poe is known for his morbid work but this outshines them all. The twisted story leaves many unanswered question for the reader’s mind to come up with the answers. It’s like the saying forgive and forget‚ yet Montresor does neither forget nor forgive. In the story‚ “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar
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Allan Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado” 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
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Fortunato had blindly stared Montresor in the eyes‚ oblivious to the flames dancing inside them. Montresor wore a mask of innocence‚ but behind the mask was the face of satan‚ dressed with hatred‚ and it held no remorse for those it plotted against. The man was a monster‚ and wisely sported his innocent smile to hide his devilish smirk. Montresor‚ a savage‚ yet clever creature‚ was hungry for the suffering of his enemy‚ and Montresor MADE his enemies punish. He made them punish deeply‚ and he punished
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