Why did Montresor from 'The Cask of Amontillado' want to murder Fortunato?

Answer 1

No. To begin with it is likely that the thousand injuries and insults that Montresor says he has suffered from Fortunato were figments of his imagination. No details of them are given and Fortunato acts very friendly toward Montresor and has no fear of him even while deep down in the cellar. Fortunato does not act like a person who would have committed so many wrongs to Montresor. Even if Fortunato had insulted Montresor, insults are not reason to murder another person.

Answer 2

Montresor wanted to murder Fortunato because he believed Fortunato had insulted him and wanted to seek revenge. Additionally, Montresor mentions a "thousand injuries" he had endured from Fortunato, which led to his desire to commit the murder.

Answer 3

While it isn't really stated, it can be inferred that maybe Fortunato makes insults again Montresor's family. While in the catacombs, Fortunato makes a comment about the Montresor coat of arms and mentions that the family was not as great as it used to be. He also says that Montresor is not of the Masons, an elite society. But the story is narrated by Montresor, and he proves to be unreliable and unstable. If perhaps it was narrated by both ends then we would probably know better what the "thousand injuries" were. It seems as though his pride was just wounded.

Answer 4

Montresor kills Fortunato by chaining him to a wall in a small room in the cellar of Montresor's home. Montresor then builds a brick wall across the entrance to the room sealing Fortunato in it for the rest of his now very short life. Although Fortunato was alive when we last heard from him, he is most certainly dead, because Montresor says that the wall has remained undisturbed for half a century.
Montresor kills Fortunato by chaining him to a wall in a small room in the cellar of Montresor's home.
He lures him into a cellar, and leads him to where a cask of aged Amontillado is, and then seals the drunken Fortunato into a wall with bricks leaving him to die.

Answer 5

Montresor kills Fortunato by chaining him to a wall in a small room in the cellar of Montresor's home. Montresor then builds a brick wall across the entrance to the room sealing Fortunato in it for the rest of his now very short life. Although Fortunato was alive when we last heard from him, he is most certainly dead, because Montresor says that the wall has remained undisturbed for half a century.

Answer 6

It is for some unmentioned insult. However the insult may very well be imaginary. Montresor is an unreliable narrator and the reader soon come to suspect that he is merely mad and murders for no good reason.

Answer 7

Montresor seeks revenge because Fortunato had insulted his family and hurt him over the years.

Answer 8

Fortunato insulted Montresor.