If you already know what happens in a story before you read it, it will make it less interesting. You will essentially be missing out on the climax of the story since you already know what happens.
It depends on the purpose of the story. Revealing Fortunato's transgression could add depth to the characters and their motives, making the story more complex. However, keeping it a mystery can create suspense and allow readers to speculate on the characters' motivations. Ultimately, it comes down to how the revelation would impact the themes and message of the story.
It is not mentioned in the short story specifically why Montresor was insulted by Fortunato except that it was verbal.
The main characters in "The Cask of Amontillado" are Montresor, the narrator seeking revenge, and Fortunato, the victim lured into Montresor's trap. The story revolves around Montresor's elaborate plan to exact his revenge on Fortunato for an unspecified insult.
The reader knows Montresor does not like Fortunato because Montresor seeks revenge on him, deceives him, and ultimately leads him to his death in Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Cask of Amontillado." Montresor's actions and thoughts throughout the story illustrate his deep-seated hatred for Fortunato.
Yes, in "The Cask of Amontillado," Fortunato insulted Montresor by calling him a fool and questioning his knowledge of wine. This insult serves as motivation for Montresor's revenge against Fortunato.
No. First of all the "thousand injuries" and then the insult, which Montresor claims he has suffered from Fortunato probably never even happened, because Montresor gives no details of them and Fortunato is very friendly toward Montresor throughout the story. Even if Fortunato had insulted Montresor, that would be be no reason justifying Fortunato's murder.
Montresor and Fortunato
A trowel. Fortunato had asked Montresor to show him the secret sign of the brotherhood of Freemasons. Montresor pulls out a trowel to show Fortunato that he is a "mason." Fortunato laughs as if Montresor were joking, little knowing that the trowel is no joke, because Montresor intends to use it to kill Fortunato.
because he insulted himAccording to Montresor in his opening line: THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.Fortunato was vain and one night he got drunk and apparently shamed Montresor's family name.
Montresor hates Fortunato due to a perceived insult or injury that Fortunato has committed against him. The exact nature of this offense is not revealed in the story, but it is the driving force behind Montresor's desire for revenge.
The main idea for the story ''The Cask of Amontillado'' is that Montresor wants revenge about what Fortunato said to him, when he would had felt insulted by Fortunato.
The inciting cause in "The Cask of Amontillado" is when Montresor reveals that he has been insulted by Fortunato but has been patient in seeking his revenge. This revelation sets the events of the story in motion, leading Montresor to plot and carry out the murder of Fortunato.
Montresor shows Fortunato a trowel.