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The narrator says he has permitted a "thousand injuries" from Fortunato, but as the story develops, the reader wonders if those are all in his head. When the narrator meets Fortunato at the carnival, Fortunato is nothing but pleasant and helpful. All the time he is with Montresor he suspects nothing evil at all. The complete absence of animosity and fear of Montresor is hardly consistent with someone who has committed a thousand injuries against that person.
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What is a persona of the narrator in The Cask of Amontillado?
The narrator (Montresor) is unreliable and quite possibly mad. His obsessive hatred for Fortunato is claimed to be from a succession of offenses accumulating and then topped off with an unforgivable and unspecified insult which quite possibly do not exist. He bait his victim by his pride and seals him up still alive in the walls of the catacombs of some unspecifed Italian city.
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.
Who was Fortunato?
Fortunato is described as a powerful man who is respected and feared, making him perhaps, a bit of a bully. He's competitive and always wants to beat everyone, which may make him a bit narcissistic and insensitive to the needs of others. He is undoubtedly a prideful and careless individual. Yet, we only have Montresor's claims that Fortunato as a man who had caused him a thousand injuries to go by in terms of whether these transgressions were intentional or just part and parcel of a pretty clueless person. It doesn't require much of a stretch to imagine Fortunato as a man who doesn't weight his comments carefully before their utterance. As a result, he probably offends many, though not necessarily intentionally. Unfortunately, some, like Monstresor may have mistaken a naturally insensitive demeanor for blatant, intentional disrespect.
What is The Cask of Amontillado all about?
It is about a man named Montressor, who was insulted by another man named Fortunato, who is equally as rich as he is. He decides to take revenge on Fortunato by using Fortunato's weakness ---- his pride in being an expert on wine. He tells Fortunato he has a bottle of Amontillado but isn't sure if it's real or a fraud. Montressor brings Fortunato into his basement where all of his dead ancestors are buried and where his wine cellar is. Montressor repeatedly says that Fortunato is too sick to go into the basement and insists that another friend can go down into the basement to check if the Amontillado is real. Fortunato refuses and is tricked into a corner deep in the basement. Montressor chains Fortunato to the wall and builds a brick wall sealing Fortunato in the basement. Montressor's code of arms says says "We will not be without revenge." Fortunato dies behind the wall and is never found again. Supposedly it is a partially true story because during Poe's era, they found a body chained to a wall in a wine cellar in the same area this story took place.
What is the narrator's family crest in 'The Cask of Amontillado'?
The coat of arms gives us a reason to understand why Montresor is so unforgiving in getting revenge from Fortunato. The picture on the coat of arms is one of a golden foot crushing a snake which has its fangs imbedded in the heal of the foot. The motto of the Montresors is ""Nemo me impune lacessit." In English this means no one punishes me and gets away with it. Fortunato had evidently insulted Montresor's name at some point. Just as his family coat of arms says, no one will punish or insult him and get away with it. The picture reinforces that image. A human foot is crushing a snake that has just bitten the foot. Evidently, Montresor considers Fortunato to be the snake, and Montresor is the foot that is soon to crush and kill him.
How many injuries has Kobe Bryant had?
he has had 50 injuries in his career
What are some dramatic ironies in 'The Cask of Amontillado'?
Fortunato, himself, is ironic because he believes himself to be knowledgeable about wine, yet he is dressed in a Fool's costume for the festival and ultimately Montresor uses Fortunato's pride and vanity of such knowledge to fool him into going into the cellar to his death.Fortunato's name itself is a bit of irony, since it means 'fortunate one' in Italian, however once he is chained to the cellar wall, he meets a most unfortunate end.Fortunato is a member of the sect, Freemasons. In the catacombs Montresor says that he, too is a "mason." Fortunato asks Montresor for the secret sign known by the Freemasons and Montresor produces a trowel. These are ironic because Montressor will do the work of a "mason" using the trowel to entomb Fortunato behind a brick wall.At one point Fortunato coughs due to the dankness of the catacomb's. Montresor suggests that they leave to save Fortunato's health. Fortunato refuses saying "I will not die of a cough." And Montresor agrees, saying "True-true." Montresor knows it is true because he, rather than the cough, will soon kill Fortunato.Another touch of irony is that in the catacombs, Fortunato toasts the many people buried in the catacombs, little knowing that he is shortly to become one of them.In return to Fortunato's toast to those buried in the catacombs, Montresor drinks to Fortunato's long life, which has but a few hours left.
What is irony in 'The Cask of Amontillado'?
Fortunato is ironic himself, because he believes himself to be knowledgeable about wine, yet he is dressed in a Fool's costume for the festival and ultimately Montresor uses Fortunato's pride and vanity of such knowledge to fool him into going into the cellar to his death. Fortunato's name itself is a bit of irony, since it means 'fortunate one' in Italian, however once he is chained to the cellar wall, he meets a most unfortunate end. Fortunato is a member of the sect, Freemasons. In the catacombs Montresor says that he, too is a "mason." Fortunato asks Montresor for the secret sign known by the Freemasons and Montresor produces a trowel. These are ironic because Montresor will do the work of a "mason" using the trowel to entomb Fortunato behind a brick wall. While in the catacombs Fortunato coughs due to the dankness of the passageway. Montresor suggests the they leave for the sake of Fortunato's health. Fortunato refuse saying he will not die of a cough. Montresor agrees. The irony is that Montressor knows exactly what will kill Fortunato and how soon it will be. Another touch of irony is that in the catacombs, Fortunato toasts the many people buried in the catacombs, little knowing that he is shortly to be one of them. In return to Fortunato's toast to those buried in the catacombs, Montresor drinks to Fortunato's long life, which has but a few hours left.
Montresor buries Fortunato alive behind a wall in his family vault True or false?
He did bury him alive, but he only says it is his family vault. It is probably one that he knows will remain unused for many years after Fortunato dies.
What sorts of injuries are treated with ultrasound therapy?
Many sports injuries are treated with such therapy. Usually muscle injuries are the most common.
How many national sports injuries was there in 2010?
There were about 500 national sports injuries in 2010
Do you think there are too many injuries because of the big bases in major-league baseball?
No. Many of the injuries are pitching related.
