Montresor Argumentative Essay

In Edgar Allen Poe’s, “The Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor, a man who immolates Fortunato due to the fact that Fortunato had thrown insult upon insult after him, deserves to be punished in a way that he will learn from. Assassinating Montresor will not instruct him on why what he did was wrong. If Montresor were to be executed what would come out of it? Would anyone receive joy from the fact that he is six feet under? No, Montresor’s death would only cause more pain and grievance. Although capital punishment would insure that Montresor would never carry out another crime, it would not be beneficial to anybody and therefore, executing him would be purposeless and in vain.
Although many people say that executing criminals is the best way to keep crime rates low, they are wrong. The anonymous writer of “Failure to Deter Crime,” claims “Nationally, murder rates are significantly lower in states that don’t use the death penalty than in those with a death penalty statute - and have been consistently for the past two decades.” In other words Montresor being executed will only cause more pain and grief for
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The article “5 Arguments For and Against the Death Penalty,” points out that if a felon takes a life then the only punishment severe enough would be to take that criminals life as well. In other words, his live is the most valuable item he owns and should be taken from him. Despite that the assassination of Montresor would not be the fittest punishment because the murderer is not being truly be punished, for they are not living a life in “despair about their lack of freedom,” as the article also states. So, if the government truly believes in punishing one for their crimes then executing him would be impractical for the reason being that punishment is truly being