Of course not, Fortunato was double blinded with alcohol and trust, I say trust because, Fortunato besides his pride for knowledge of a good wine, must have trusted Montresor to have agreed to follow him into his family catacomb.
We all do this all the time, always following friends to places even when we cannot predict the next minute of our lives, this story is an eye opener to anybody that cares to read it.
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.
Montresor plans on 1. punishing Fortunato with impunity 2. in a way that retribution will not be revisited upon himself and 3. in a way that Fortunato will know the Montresor is getting his revenge on him
The story does not say why Fortunato insulted Montresor. In fact, there is doubt that there ever were any insults at all. They might have simply been a product of Montresor's imagination
Caught at it or failed to have Fortunato know he is being punished. Early in the story Montresor states: " I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong."
In Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado," the injuries inflicted by Montresor on Fortunato were primarily psychological and emotional. Montresor lured Fortunato into the catacombs under the pretense of tasting wine, then proceeded to chain him to a wall and wall him up alive, leading to Fortunato's eventual death.
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.
The hook is knowing that Montresor plans on exacting the perfect revenge on Fortunato and reading further to see if he actually does it. Montresor states in the opening that a wrong is not avenged unless the avenger is not caught and that the person who committed the offense must know he is now paying for that offense. The reader gets hooked into continuing into the story to see if Montresor will actually commit the perfect crime and how he will do it.
The climax of "The Cask of Amontillado" comes when Montresor walls Fortunato up in a niche in the wall of the catacombs. Fortunato's drunkeness is beginning to wear off, and he realizes Montresor's intent. When he moans, he is no longer in a drunken stupor, but acknowledging his fate. As Montresor places the last brick in the wall, he thrusts a torch behind the wall and the only response was the jingling of bells from Fortunato's costume. At this point, Fortunato is dead (possibly from a heart attack from the shock), and there is no going back for Montresor.
Montresor in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" is portrayed as cunning, manipulative, and vengeful. He is obsessed with seeking revenge on Fortunato and is willing to go to great lengths to achieve his goal. Montresor's meticulous planning and lack of remorse for his actions showcase his dark and twisted personality.
His motive is revenge. In the short story "The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe, Montresor explains his motive for revenge against Fortunato thus: THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled - but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.
Oh honey, Montresor plays Fortunato like a fiddle with reverse psychology. He lures him into the catacombs by telling him he's not up to the challenge, making Fortunato think he can prove him wrong. It's like dangling a shiny object in front of a magpie - too tempting to resist. And we all know how that story ends... with a wall and some good ol' revenge.
Fortunato, a wine merchant in the Edgar Allan Poe short story, the â??Cask of Amontilladoâ??, is a fellow full of flaws. He is a self-absorbed bully and know-it-all and seems to lack judgment or any awareness of his friend Montresorâ??s feelings. Montresor uses Fortunatoâ??s weaknesses against him, exacting a grim and final revenge.