The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe is a tale roughly a man, Montresor, set on a trend of revenge. Montresors antagonist, Fortunato, has insulted him once to ofttimes which has earned him the wrath of Montresor. Early one evening during fair season Montresor came upon his friend Fortunato who had apparently been drinking, this was obvious as he had been excessively friendly. Montresor seized the moment and set out on this path of revenge. Knowing that Fortunato prided himself on being a connoisseur of fine wines, Montresor brought up the subject of his purchase of a pipe of Amontillado and give tongue to that he was unsure if it was the real thing. He did this fully assured that Fortunato would be interested in giving his opinion on whether it was the real thing, thus giving him a way to come-on him to his reside where the final act of revenge would occur. Poes story is virtually revenge, and how pride can be the downfall of anyone.
        The main character, Montresor, is visualised as a devious, cruel, manipulative and intelligent person. These traits are seen passim the story. First, Montresor, fully aware that he is going to murder his friend, acts whole as if nothing is wrong when he runs into him on that decisive evening.
Montresors manipulative and intelligent sides come into play when he brought up the subject of Amontillado and used reverse psychology in luring him to his house to avoid having Fortunato go off to meet Luchresi as he had intended. Finally Poe shows how cruel Montresor is when he has reached the point where the murder is about to take place. Rather than just killing Fortunato for his revenge, he sort of shackled him to a part of one of the catacombs and proceeded to place...
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