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What is the narrator's last name in the story The Cask of Amontillado?
Montresor is the last name. Montresor's FIRST name isn't mentioned in the story, as well as Fortunato's first name isn't mentioned either.
When did the narrator Montresor vow revenge?
In the very first line of the story, Montresor says: "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge." So the answer is Montresor vows revenge in the first line of the story, but only after Fortunato has already committed a thousand injuries but now has also insulted Montresor. This is significant because it creates some doubt as to the sanity of the narrator, Montresor. He vows revenge not after a thousand "injuries," but only when Fortunato adds insult as well. It is as if the more trivial of the two, injury and insult, has become the most important.
How does your knowledge of the auditor and the occasion influence the effect the story has on you in the story the cask of amontillado?
In Edgar Allan Poe's "A Cask of Amontillado", the story is told in first person narrative, which is helpful in showing the motivations of the character. This storytelling style enables us to read the thoughts Monstresor was having during the encounter.
What is an analysis of 'The Cask of Amontillado'?
The narrator, Montresor, opens the story by stating that he has been irreparably insulted by his acquaintance, Fortunato, and that he seeks revenge. He wants to exact this revenge, however, in a measured way, without placing himself at risk. He decides to use Fortunato's fondness for wine against him. During the carnival season, Montresor, wearing a mask of black silk, approaches Fortunato. He tells Fortunato that he has acquired something that could pass for Amontillado, a light Spanish sherry. Fortunato (Italian for "fortunate") wears the multicolored costume of the jester, including a cone cap with bells. Montresor tells Fortunato that if he is too busy, he will ask a man named Luchesi to taste it. Fortunato apparently considers Luchesi a competitor and claims that this man could not tell Amontillado from other types of sherry. Fortunato is anxious to taste the wine and to determine for Montresor whether or not it is truly Amontillado. Fortunato insists that they go to Montresor's vaults.Montresor has strategically planned for this meeting by sending his servants away to the carnival. The two men descend into the damp vaults, which are covered with nitre, or saltpeter, a whitish mineral. Apparently aggravated by the nitre, Fortunato begins to cough. The narrator keeps offering to bring Fortunato back home, but Fortunato refuses. Instead, he accepts wine as the antidote to his cough. The men continue to explore the deep vaults, which are full of the dead bodies of the Montresor family. In response to the crypts, Fortunato claims to have forgotten Montresor's family coat of arms and motto. Montresor responds that his family shield portrays "a huge human foot d'or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel." The motto, in Latin, is "nemo me impune lacessit," that is, "no one attacks me with impunity."Later in their journey, Fortunato makes a hand movement that is a secret sign of the Masons, an exclusive fraternal organization. Montresor does not recognize this hand signal, though he claims that he is a Mason. When Fortunato asks for proof, Montresor shows him his trowel, the implication being that Montresor is an actual stonemason. Fortunato says that he must be jesting, and the two men continue onward. The men walk into a crypt, where human bones decorate three of the four walls. The bones from the fourth wall have been thrown down on the ground. On the exposed wall is a small recess, where Montresor tells Fortunato that the Amontillado is being stored. Fortunato, now heavily intoxicated, goes to the back of the recess. Montresor then suddenly chains the slow-footed Fortunato to a stone.Taunting Fortunato with an offer to leave, Montresor begins to wall up the entrance to this small crypt, thereby trapping Fortunato inside. Fortunato screams confusedly as Montresor builds the first layer of the wall. The alcohol soon wears off and Fortunato moans, terrified and helpless. As the layers continue to rise, though, Fortunato falls silent. Just as Montresor is about to finish, Fortunato laughs as if Montresor is playing a joke on him, but Montresor is not joking. At last, after a final plea, "For the love of God, Montresor!" Fortunato stops answering Montresor, who then twice calls out his enemy's name. After no response, Montresor claims that his heart feels sick because of the dampness of the catacombs. He fits the last stone into place and plasters the wall closed, his actions accompanied only by the jingling of Fortunato's bells. He finally repositions the bones on the fourth wall. For fifty years, he writes, no one has disturbed them. He concludes with a Latin phrase meaning "May he rest in peace."- sparknotes.com
What does the first paragraph reveal about Montresor and Fortunato's relationship?
The first paragraph reveals that Montresor harbors a deep-seated grudge against Fortunato, indicating a strained relationship. Montresor's mention of feeling insulted by Fortunato suggests unresolved tension or resentment between the two characters.
Describe Montresor's appearance in 'The Cask of Amontillado'?
At first he is at home as he tells of his reasons for wanting revenge. After that he is back in time 50 years ago at the carnival when he meets Fortunato. After that he is still back in time in the cellars under his house when he entombs Fortunato. Lastly, after the deed is done, he is back at the present time and back in his home when he relates that Fortunato has remained in the cellar behind the wall undisturbed for 50 years, resting in peace all that time.
What date did carnival first come to the streets?
The first carnival was in 1823. This carnival was called The Festival of Rio. This is what a lot of people refer to as when the streets came alive with music and fun.
When did the notting hill carnival begin?
The first Notting Hill Carnival was held in1966.
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.
How does the point of view in The Cask of Amontillado effect the story?
The point of view is that of the first person from the protagonist/main character Montresor.the point of view of the cask of amontillado is gothic and dark because the narrator montresor tells the reader how he tortured fortunato
What are 3 hints that Montresor gives to Fortunato?
In 'The Cask of Amontillado,' Montresor provides numerous clues that had Fortunato been paying attention, might have seemed strange. First of all, he is continuously making references to Fortunato's health and the dangers of wet cold conditions. Obviously, this hints at the condition, Fortunato will soon find himself in. Next, when they discuss the Freemasons, Fortunato doubts Montresor is a member. He isn't even curious about why Montresor just happens to have a trowel on his person, which he reveals to prove his membership. When Montresor goes into a diatribe about his family coat of arms, Fortunato is either too drunk to pay heed.
What is the Expostitiuon Cask Of Amontillado?
The cask of amontillado is about two men named Montresor and Fortunato. Fortunato insults Montresor in an unspecified way, and Montresor plans revenge. Montresor plans to kill Fortunato on the night of a carnival. So, Montresor lures Fortunato into coming to his house, because he had "acquired a pipe of amontillado, which may be a fake." (That is in quotations because it is not true.) THen, Edgar Allen poe reveals that fortunato has a cold, and Montresor "tries" to talk him out of going to Montresor's mansion. Fortunato replies, "I will not die of a cough." Soon, we find out that Montresor's Family arms is a gold food crushing a snake that is biting the foot's heel. Their motto in English is "No-one dare attack me with impunity." As the two travel through the catacombs, Fortunato's cold gets worsse, due to the mold. Soon, the two are at a dead end; a wall with a hole. Montresor says the wine is inside. So, Fortunato, walks in, and montresor pins him to the ground, chains him there, and closes up the wall trapping Fortunato within.
