Fortunato is symbolic of the American people, because they are moving toward destruction and are shrouded in mystery regarding their true financial situation. The national debt is growing at an alarming rate (Bonner & Wiggin, 2006)
Those concessions and earmarks are the masks and capes of the government and the way they show that something evil is afoot - even if they will not admit to such behavior. Getting even with Fortunato is Montresor's main goal in life (Grayson, 2005)
In reality, though, Montresor is not Fortunato's friend, and he lures him down into the catacombs and the dungeons under the city with the idea that he is going to show him the cask of Amontillado that he has received. Montresor says that he is not sure whether the cask of wine is really Amontillado or whether it is something else, so he wants Fortunato to come and examine the wine and see what he thinks (Meyers, 1992)
He knows that Fortunato will not resist because he loves fine wine so much, and he even pretends to be concerned about Fortunato's health, in case he does not want to go down into the catacombs because they are damp and he could catch a chill. Fortunato is undeterred by the potential health risks, because the pull of the wine is too strong (Scott, 2002)
The destruction of Fortunato is also symbolic of the destruction of the American people because it happens at the hands of someone who was trusted. For Fortunato, that person is Montresor (Silverman, 1991)
S. with debt, there will be no escape from financial struggles and other difficulties that are always faced when there is too much debt and not enough income (Wright, 2008)
Montressor is able to manipulate Fortunato into accompanying him by insinuating that Fortunato might be too busy partying and enjoying himself to taste test and verify the quality of the Amontillado and that a rival connoisseur, Luchesi, should taste the Amontillado. Insulted, Fortunato assures Montressor that he is more qualified to determine the liquor's quality and retorts, "Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry" (Poe)
nurture paradigm with a third category consisting of a combination of both factors. Stone classifies personality disorders such as antisocial, psychopathic, schizoid, sadistic, paranoid, and impulsive-aggressive behaviors as being inherent to an individual's natural environment (Stone 201)
The trowel that Montressor is carrying it is also symbolic of the Freemasons, and Fortunato mistakes it as acknowledging his friend's membership into this group. In actuality, it is the trowel that Montressor plans to use to wall up a small space in the catacomb with Fortunato inside (McClelland, 2002)
He begins his tale by speaking directly to the reader. He pulls the reader in by saying that "You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat" (Poe, 191)
One may understand the above interpretation and concur with the fact that emphasizing the text's puns adds to the tale's overall effect. Therefore, one may consider the signified wine to be a part of a comprehensive conceit, which underscores the link between Montresor's manipulation of his victim and the process of preparation and refining of amontillado (Lewis)
While no tangible proof exists of Fortunato perpetrating any of the above two crimes, Montresor hints that his Freemason enemy is to blame for his lost respect, social standing, happiness, and love, through the following words: "You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was." He contemptuously and mockingly twists justice, apparently for God's love (Platizky)
" To Montresor, it was imperative that his victim, Fortunato, be aware of what is taking place. The killer would revel in his nemesis perishing slowly, while "the thought of his rejected opportunities of escape will sting him with unbearable regret, and as he sobers with terror, the final blow will come from the realization that his craving for the wine has led him to his doom" (Womack)
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THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO by Edgar Allan Poe (1846) THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.
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"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado" [a.mon.ti.??a.ðo]) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November ...
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