Montresor tells Fortunato that there is rare wine in the Catacomb and having much self pride, Fortunato needs to sample it for himself. (Fortunato tastes/reviews wine for a living)
Montresor gives Fortunato wine (Medoc ) for his cough.
Montresor wants to gain Fortunato's trust so that he can lure him into the catacombs and exact his revenge for the perceived insult he believes Fortunato has committed against him. By pretending to be a concerned friend, Montresor is able to manipulate Fortunato into following him to his demise.
Montresor appeals to Fortunato's pride and vanity as a connoisseur of wines when he tells Fortunato that he has what might be a rare wine known as an Amontillado. He tells Fortunato that he will ask another person, Luchesi, to advise him if the wine is a genuine Amontillado. Fortunato's vanity makes him insist that he, rather than Luchesi, be the one to do the testing because he is a much better judge of wine than is Luchesi.
Montresor has a conflict with Fortunato in "The Cask of Amontillado." Montresor seeks revenge against Fortunato for some unspecified insult, leading him to lure Fortunato into the catacombs with the promise of sampling a cask of rare Amontillado wine.
Montresor uses the cask, or wine, as bait to lure Forunato into the catacombs. Once they are both in there, Montresor is able to murder Fortunato; in the end, there really was no cask.
Montresor uses his acting ability to manipulate and deceive Fortunato by pretending to be a concerned friend, offering him wine, and appearing friendly and trustworthy. This allows Montresor to lure Fortunato into his trap and ultimately exact his revenge.
This foreshadows the fact that Montresor is going to leave Fortunato in the vaults
Deceit plays a central role in Montresor's revenge in "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. Montresor uses deception to lure Fortunato into the catacombs under the pretense of tasting a rare wine, ultimately leading to Fortunato's demise. By manipulating Fortunato's trust and exploiting his pride, Montresor is able to carry out his vengeful plan under the guise of friendship.
Verbal irony is when words express something contrary to the truth. In "The Cask of Amontillado," Montresor's friendly and cordial language towards Fortunato while he is leading him to his demise is an example of verbal irony. Montresor's words convey friendship and concern, yet his true intentions are deceitful and malevolent.
He is pretending to be friendly as part of his plot to lure Fortunato to the cellar where he plans to kill him.
Montresor blames the sickness in his heart on the dampness of the catacombs, which is interesting because he just entombed Fortunato behind a brick wall leaving him to die. The murder of Fortunato does not bother him, but dampness does.
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.