How does the reader know that Montresor does not like Fortunato?

What does montresor ask fortunato to do?

Montresor appeals to fortunato's pride as a wine connoisseur

Why did Montresor from 'The Cask of Amontillado' want to murder Fortunato?

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.

In the Cask of Amontillado what was the foreshadowing about?

The foreshadowing is when Montresor and Fortunato discuss Montressor's famliy crest. The family crest is a serpent being stombled on a foot which it has previously bitten. Fortunato is the serpent and Montresor is the foot. When the serpent bites the foot [or when Fortunato insults Montresor] the foot's [Montresor's] response is to have vengance toward the serpent like Montresor does in the deep catacolmbs to Fortunato. Therefore, the serpent bites and gets stepped on like Fortunato insults and dies, and the foot has it's revenge like Montresor.

Why does Montresor want to kill Fortunato and is there any hint that Montresor might be insane?

In the opening line, Montresor states that he has suffered a thousand injuries at the hand of Fortunato but now Fortunato has also insulted him and this is too much to take, so Montresor plots revenge. There is an indication that Montresor is insane because there is doubt that Fortunato has ever injured or insulted Montresor at all. Montresor does not describe a single incident of injury nor does he describe the insult that supposedly has pushed him over the edge. Why would Montresor suffer a thousand injuries but plot revenge after only an insult? Aren't injuries more serious than insults? Wouldn't sticks and stones break Montresor's bones but words can never hurt him? Why plan to murder someone after an insult but not after all those injuries? Later when they meet at the carnival, Fortunato is very friendly toward Montresor. He hardly acts toward Montresor like he has injured him a thousand times and has just recently insulted him. Wouldn't Fortunato have said something to Montresor about the insult or about all those injuries he has laid on him in the past? Darn right, he would have, but he doesn't. Fortunato acts like they are the best of friends. Not only does Fortunato act friendly, but then volunteers to leave the carnival to go with Montresor to his home to test the Amontillado. Sure, Fortunato's vanity in being a connoisseur is part of that willingness, but surely, he would not have been so cheerful in doing Montresor such a favor. Finally, Fortunato, this supposed enemy of Montreesor goes down into Montresor's cellar without the slightest bit of trepidation about being all alone in the dark cellar with someone he has supposedly injured and insulted. Fortunato's action completely belie the idea that he is an enemy of Montresor. The one conclusion the reader can draw from the contradiction between Montresor's words and Fortunato's actions is that the injuries and insults Montresor mentioned are all in his head and that he is quite insane.

Is Montresor sane in 'The Cask of Amontillado'?

That is left to the reader to decide. A clue to the fact that he is not is that he vows revenge on Fortunato for having suffered a thousand injuries from Fortunato but now Fortunato has gone too far and insulted him. Neither the injuries nor the insults are described, leaving the reader to wonder if they existed at all except in Montresor's mind. Later, Fortunato acts very friendly and helpful toward Montresor in offering to test the Amontillado, even though Fortunato is partly driven by his own vanity. Never the less, Fortunato hardly acts like a person who has added insult to a thousand injuries against Montresor.

How does montresor use reverse psychology on fortunato?

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.

Where did the narrator and Fortunato go after leaving the carnival?

The title says it all! Fortunato (Poe has such a sense of humor in naming his characters!) is lured away by the promise of amontillado, a type of sherry from the Montilla region of Spain.

What are the key events of The Cask of Amontillado?

The events are happening during a carnival that's supposed to be fun and happy. Montresor tricks Fortunato into going to this catacomb cellar like place and that's where Fortunato is killed. But, before they get to the catacomb part of the basement its like some sort of wine cellar...I think.

What is the difference between an injury and an insult in 'The Cask of Amontillado'?

The reader never finds out. In fact, it is possible that the insults Montresor talks about are all part of his deranged imagination and not real at all. Two indications of this are that Montresor never does give specifics and Fortunato greets Montresor in a friendly manner and happily agrees to test the Amontillado. This is not the behavior of a person who has given thousands of insults to Montresor.

Why did montresor wait 50 years to say why he killed fortunato?

Montresor's motive, as a character in the story, for telling of this event is not made clear. Some critics postulated that he is confessing his crime to a friend or even a priest, but there is nothing in the story itself to prove this. As a literary device, however, the use of the 'flashback' manner of telling a story can be effective to bring out the character's feeling and perception of the events in the story. For one thing, the only way the reader is assured that Montresor has exacted the perfect revenge is by a flashback. Montresor states in the opening that a wrong is not avenged unless the avenger is not caught and the person who has committed the offense knows he is paying for it now. If the story took place in present time, the reader would never know whether Fortunato somehow escaped his fate or whether Montresor got away with it. But, with Montresor telling the story fifty years later and confirming that the wall behind which Fortunato now rests has been undisturbed for half a century, it is clear that Fortunato is dead and that Montresor got away with it.

Why is fortunato unable to resist when montresor chains him to the granite wall?

Fortunato is unable to resist because he is extremely drunk and vulnerable, making it easy for Montresor to overpower him. Additionally, Fortunato is lured by the promise of rare wine, clouding his judgment and making him compliant.

How does montresor get Fortunato to go with him in 'The Cask of Amontillado'?

Montresor lures Fortunado down by using his own weakness, wine. Fortunado is like an "expert" on wine, and MOntresor tells him to try this wine called "Amontillado". At first Fortunado declines, but then when Montresor tells him he'll get Luchesi instead he goes.