It is about a man named Montressor, who was insulted by another man named Fortunato, who is equally as rich as he is. He decides to take revenge on Fortunato by using Fortunato's weakness ---- his pride in being an expert on wine. He tells Fortunato he has a bottle of Amontillado but isn't sure if it's real or a fraud. Montressor brings Fortunato into his basement where all of his dead ancestors are buried and where his wine cellar is. Montressor repeatedly says that Fortunato is too sick to go into the basement and insists that another friend can go down into the basement to check if the Amontillado is real. Fortunato refuses and is tricked into a corner deep in the basement. Montressor chains Fortunato to the wall and builds a brick wall sealing Fortunato in the basement. Montressor's code of arms says says "We will not be without revenge." Fortunato dies behind the wall and is never found again. Supposedly it is a partially true story because during Poe's era, they found a body chained to a wall in a wine cellar in the same area this story took place.
"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe that revolves around a man named Montresor seeking revenge on his unsuspecting enemy, Fortunato. Montresor lures Fortunato into his family catacombs with the promise of sampling a rare amontillado wine, only to trap and ultimately bury him alive behind a brick wall. The story explores themes of pride, vengeance, and betrayal.
'The Cask of Amantillado' is a short story about revenge, wriiten by Edgar Allan Poe in 1846. It is written in first person narration.
The narrator, addressed as Montresor, lures fellow nobleman Fortunato into an underground crypt, using the lure of an unobtainable wine, Amontillado. There he begins to imprison him, sealing him up within a wall of bricks.
A cask is a small barrel in which wines are stored. Amontillado is a very rare wine.
The story begins with the Montresor, the narrator of the story, explaining the reason for the crime. According to Montresor, the victim, Fortunato has committed numerous injuries against him but it wasn't until Fortunato insulted him that he vowed revenge. Montresor then makes a statement that generates much of the controversy and discussion surrounding the story. Montresor says "You, who so well know the nature of my soul." Montresor never tells us or defines the you to whom he is speaking and many of the interpretations of the story hinge on that one cryptic statement.
Montresor never gave any indication to Fortunato that he was angry with him or that he was seeking revenge because as Montresor states, "I must not only punish, but punish with impunity." As a result, Montresor does not let anyone including his victim realize that he is angry to the point of vengeance.
There is no real "mystery" in this story since this is not a mystery story like Poe's detective story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", where the mystery is who committed the murders in the Rue Morgue. In "The Cask of Amontillado" there are other types of mysteries. It is a mystery whether Fortunato ever did commit any of the thousand injuries and one insult that Montresor says he did. And, if Fortunato did commit them, it is a mystery as to what they are.
One unstated mystery that the reader is left to imagine is what Fortunato's wife is going to think happened to him when he doesn't come home for the rest of his life. The Italian police will probably be scratching their heads saying that Fortunato's disappearance is a real mystery.
The narrator, Montresor, fulfils his family motto during carnival by avenging the so-called thousand injuries dealt to him by Fortunato. Fortunato's pride in his expertise of wine becomes his undoing as he follows Montresor into his family catacombs to judge a cask of amontillado that is never gotten to, by the way. The servants having been dismissed leaving the residence empty combined with the alcohol consumed by Fortunato have made him vulnerable. Montresor finishes off his plan by using his mason's trowel to seal Fortunato behind a wall of building stones. As the story ends, Montresor reveals that fifty years have passed and that he lacks remorse for his revenge.
a barrel of wine - a cask is a barrel and Amontillado is a very expensive rare wine.
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In Edgar Allan Poe's story The Cask of Amontillado, the narrator is Montresor.
"The Cask of Amontillado" was written by Edgar Allan Poe and was first published in 1846.
"The Cask of Amontillado" was published by Godey's Lady's Book in November 1846.
Montresor is wearing a mask of black silk in "The Cask of Amontillado."
Students in high school read The Cask of Amontillado, usually in ninth grade.
A Cask of Amontillado - 2013 was released on: USA: 5 November 2013
The cast of The Cask of Amontillado - 2008 includes: Kevin Gouldthorpe as Montresor
The protagonist and narrator of 'The Cask of Amontillado' is Montresor. He tells the story of his plan to exact revenge on Fortunato.
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The unfortunate Fortunato dies.
In "The Cask of Amontillado," amontillado refers to a type of fortified wine. In the story, the narrator uses the lure of a cask of rare, fine amontillado to lead his unsuspecting victim, Fortunato, to a remote location where he ultimately traps and buries him alive. The amontillado itself plays a key role in the plot as a means to exploit Fortunato's vanity and lure him to his demise.
The narrator of "The Cask of Amontillado" is Montresor. He tells the story of how he seeks revenge on Fortunato, ultimately leading to Fortunato's demise.