Montresor and Fortunato are both knowledgeable about wines and both are men of property.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
A trowel. Fortunato had asked Montresor to show him the secret sign of the brotherhood of Freemasons. Montresor pulls out a trowel to show Fortunato that he is a "mason." Fortunato laughs as if Montresor were joking, little knowing that the trowel is no joke, because Montresor intends to use it to kill Fortunato.
The external conflict is Montresor vs. Fortunato. Montresor is determined to kill Fortunato, and eventually, does.
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.
Montresor is the one who kills Fortunato in "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. Montresor lures Fortunato into the catacombs under the guise of tasting a rare wine, then walls him up alive as revenge for an insult.
Montresor gives Fortunato wine (Medoc ) for his cough.