Killing Fortunato brought Montresor a sense of twisted satisfaction and power, as he felt he had successfully enacted his revenge. However, it also left him haunted by guilt and paranoia, as he continued to dwell on the crime and feared being discovered. This internal conflict ultimately consumed him, as evidenced by his confession in his final moments.
Montresor hates Fortunato because somewhere in the past, he insulted Montresor and his family, and the Montresor's family motto is that no one can hurt the family and get away with it.
The main conflict is that fortunato had done something to montresor and now montresor wants to get back at him by killing him.
Montresor believes that fortunato has repeatedly insulted him
Yes, Montresor's conflict with Fortunato is resolved when Montresor successfully executes his plan for revenge by walling Fortunato alive in the catacombs. After this act, Montresor feels satisfied that he has taken his revenge and resolved his conflict with Fortunato.
Jeopardy! Fortunato is in danger of being killed in a particularly gruesome way. The reader is engaged to see if he will survive.In literary terms, the conflict is one of man against man, as opposed to say man against nature or man against society or man against God/fate. This conflict is Montresor against Fortunato.The conflict is man(Montresor) against man(Fortunato). One can also see a conflict of man against himself in that Montresor seems to be confessing the murder of Fortunato he committed 50 years earlier.
It is not mentioned in the short story specifically why Montresor was insulted by Fortunato except that it was verbal.
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
Montresor chooses to punish his friend Fortunato by walling him up alive because he wants to enact a slow, torturous revenge that will cause Fortunato the most suffering. Killing him quickly would not provide the same level of satisfaction and retribution. Additionally, by walling Fortunato up alive, Montresor ensures that Fortunato experiences a prolonged and terrifying death.
One thing that is similar about Montresor and Fortunato in The Cask of Amontillado is that they both are single minded about their pursuit of something. Montresor is in pursuit of killing Fortunato and Fortunato is in pursuit of the amontillado.
There are only two characters: Montresor and Fortunato the only other people named in the story are Luchresi and Lady Fortunato, who takes no active part in the plot.
No, Montresor's conflict with Fortunato is not resolved. Montresor seeks revenge for an insult and ultimately kills Fortunato in a premeditated and calculated manner. This act only serves to perpetuate the conflict rather than resolve it.
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.