If you already know what happens in a story before you read it, it will make it less interesting. You will essentially be missing out on the climax of the story since you already know what happens.
It is not mentioned in the short story specifically why Montresor was insulted by Fortunato except that it was verbal.
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.
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
The reader knows Montresor does not like Fortunato because Montresor seeks revenge on him, deceives him, and ultimately leads him to his death in Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Cask of Amontillado." Montresor's actions and thoughts throughout the story illustrate his deep-seated hatred for Fortunato.
No. First of all the "thousand injuries" and then the insult, which Montresor claims he has suffered from Fortunato probably never even happened, because Montresor gives no details of them and Fortunato is very friendly toward Montresor throughout the story. Even if Fortunato had insulted Montresor, that would be be no reason justifying Fortunato's murder.
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.
Montresor and Fortunato
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.
Montresor hates Fortunato due to a perceived insult or injury that Fortunato has committed against him. The exact nature of this offense is not revealed in the story, but it is the driving force behind Montresor's desire for revenge.
The inciting cause in "The Cask of Amontillado" is when Montresor reveals that he has been insulted by Fortunato but has been patient in seeking his revenge. This revelation sets the events of the story in motion, leading Montresor to plot and carry out the murder of Fortunato.
The main idea for the story ''The Cask of Amontillado'' is that Montresor wants revenge about what Fortunato said to him, when he would had felt insulted by Fortunato.
Montresor shows Fortunato a trowel.