I did not enjoy “The Cask of Amontillado” the first time I read it; it was a little too dark and twisted for me, after rereading it I began to grasp other parts I had previously missed and found the story to be rather good but still dark and twisted. This story is about a man Montresor who seeks revenge on Fortunato for insulting him. Montresor asks Fortunato to check out a wine that he bought and make sure it was the real deal. Fortunato fell for his trick because of his arrogance, thinking he was the only one that could do the job. Montresor leads Fortunato into a trap and seals him up in a cave type place.
There are several examples of reverse psychology throughout this story. Montresor uses it to lure Fortunato away from his previous engagement to his vaults. There are also several examples of irony. The names of the characters, the title (made me think of death before even reading the story), reference to being a mason, which is what Montresor winds up being to enclose Fortunato.
This story is told in first person, from Montresor’s point of view. I believe this to be significant because we do not get to see Fortunato’s side of the story only Montresor’s, which could possibly be totally different than what happened.
I believe it is possible that Montresor’s crimes could soon be discovered. While the reader gets a sense that he has killed many times and never caught from the following sentence, “Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones. For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat”, he has just enclosed a man that what on his way to a prior engagement, also I believe he is a little cocky about the situation which leads me to think he might get caught this time.
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