How does Montresor exact his revenge?

Montresor wants revenge because one of his best friends insulted him for no apparent reason. Montresor uses Fortunato’s arrogance in his favor: by making up a story about Amontillado, Fortunato’s favorite wine, and tells Fortunato that he will have another connoisseur taste the wine to test his ability.

Why did Montresor seek Fortunato’s revenge?

Why did Montresor seek revenge on Fortunato in the cask of Amontillado? The narrator, Montresor, is angry with Fortunato because he feels that Fortunato has injured and insulted him. He says, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.”

What did Fortunato do Montresor?

The story’s protagonist, Montresor, feels that his friend, Fortunato, has insulted his family’s honor and decides to take revenge during a nighttime carnival by luring Fortunato into the Montresor family crypt and sealing him inside to die a slow death.

What are examples of foreshadowing in the cask of Amontillado?

To build suspense in the story, Poe often employs foreshadowing. For example, when Fortunato says, “I shall not die of a cough,” Montresor replies, “True,” because he knows that Fortunato will in fact die from dehydration and starvation in the crypt.

Who gets killed in the cask of Amontillado?

“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is a story about Montresor and Fortunado. Montresor and Fortunado are acquaintances, but one night Montresor asks Fortunado to sample his new cask of Amontillado. This leads them both down into Montresor’s catacombs, which leads to Fortunado’s demise by Montresor.

What weakness does Fortunato’s Montresor use to carry out his revenge?

He believes Fortunato has insulted him. What weakness of Fortunato’s does Montresor take advantage of in order to carry out his plan? What happens to Fortunato? Montresor traps him in an old crypt and buries him alive.

What role does Fortunato’s weak point play in the narrator’s revenge?

What role do you predict Fortunato’s “weak point” will play in the narrator’s revenge? “He had a weak point–this Fortunato–although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. he prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine.” Fortunato’s pride will be his downfall.

What did Fortunato say?

A joke: Not knowing Montresor plans to kill him, Fortunato says, I shall not die of a cough. To which Montresor replies, True-true. Pun: Montresor telling Fortunato he is a mason.

What are Fortunato character traits?

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• Addiction. 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 is the mystery in The Cask of Amontillado?

The mystery in “The Cask of Amontillado” is in Montresor’s motive for murder. Without a detective in the story, it is up to the reader to solve the mystery. From the beginning of the story, it is made clear that Montresor has exaggerated his grievances towards Fortunato.

What is the twist in Cask of Amontillado?

End of the story is horrifying and shocking: Montresor traps and entombs living Fortunato behind the brick wall. The victim cries to the executioner: “For the love of God”(Poe, 214) but the only respond is ironical repeat of his own words.