What does the Cask of Amontillado mean?
We’ll start with Amontillado. Literally, it’s an alcoholic beverage, closely related to sherry. As you may have suspected, cask also literally means casket. This is important because, though Fortunato seeks a cask of Amontillado, he finds a casket of death.
What is the main point of the cask of Amontillado?
The main themes in “The Cask of Amontillado” are the corrupting influence of revenge and the nature of sin and atonement. The corrupting influence of revenge: revenge characterizes the entire short story as Montresor gleefully recounts his victory over Fortunato.
How does the Cask of Amontillado start?
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.
How do the first paragraphs of the story create tension in the cask of Amontillado?
Poe develops tension in many ways as the narrator Montresor draws Fortunato closer and closer to his inevitable doom. We know that Montresor is up to no good–that he is avenging a wrongdoing by luring Fortunato down to the catacombs: “THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best…
Why did Montresor wait 50 years?
Montresor is not confessing but writing a description of an event in his life of which he seems to be proud. The fact that he has waited fifty years to tell anyone about it only is intended to demonstrate that he has gotten away with a perfect crime.
Does Montresor stab Fortunato?
Montresor murders Fortunato by burying him alive. Montresor does not actually directly kill Fortunato.
Does Montresor regret killing Fortunato?
As for relating it to Poe’s life, it is possible that you could connect it to the story with the theme “no regret.” Montresor does not regret killing Fortunato, and Poe did not regret either one thing he did or multiple or even all of them.
Why does Montresor kill Fortunato?
Answer and Explanation: In ‘The Cask of Amontillado,’ Montresor killed Fortunato because Fortunato had continually wronged him.
Do you think Fortunato deserved to be killed?
We may not know the specifics of what Fortunato did, but we do know he did not kill anyone. To that extent, then, he did not deserve to die. Reliable or nat, sane or not, injuries or not, Montressor had no right to kill Fortunato–especially in such a cruel and unusual way.
What are the characteristics of Fortunato?
Fortunato in The Cask of AmontilladoAddiction. Fortunato is addicted to wine. Insensitivity. Whether he really hurt and insulted Montresor or not, he’s so insensitive, he doesn’t notice that Montresor is mad at him, something any fool can see. Pride and Greed. He’s either too proud or too greedy. Trust.
What are three characteristics of Montresor?
Montresor is insane, vengeful, cunning, deceitful, and murderous. Montresor is not in his right mind. He is some kind of psychopath, imagining things that are not real. He imagines that Fortunato has insulted him.
What is ironic about the narrator’s conversation with Fortunato once they enter the catacombs?
What is ironic about the narrators conversation with Fortunato once they enter the catacombs? Montresor asked Fortunado if he wanted to leave the catacombs because he was coughing, and Fortunado said no, because he wanted the Amontillado.
How does Fortunato die?
Answer and Explanation: In ‘The Cask of Amontillado,’ Montresor kills Fortunato by building a wall around him in the depths of the wine cellar/ catacombs, sealing him…
What were Fortunato’s last words?
“For the love of God, Montresor!” In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Fortunato addresses this plea—his last spoken words—to Montresor, the man who has entombed him alive.
Why did Montresor feel sick?
Although Montresor states that it is the damp air of the catacombs that makes him feel sick at the end of the story, Poe hints that Montresor’s sick feelings represent remorse for his actions. There’s no physical reason for the air to suddenly make Montresor feel sick.
