FREE ESSAY ON THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO.

THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO.

The cask of amontillado is astory of revenge. montresor,the villainous narrator of this
story vowed to avenge insults he received by administering death to fortunato. montressor
proved himself to be the aggressor because of the way he plotted and excuted his plan to
eliminate fortnnato.the reasoc behind montresor's villainous behavior is somewhat
understates. montressor is a very unreliable narrator claiming that he suffered,''the
thousand injuries of fortunato i had borne as best as i could'',9750.This statement that
montresor made is not only exaggeration, but also leads us to wonder if their was another
motive behind montresor's actions.
Upon reading this story i realized that i could not believe montressor descriptive ways
of how fortunato criticized and humiliated him. we as the reader do not know what causes
this line of insults from fortunato. montressor could have initiated this kind of
behaviour that he received; it is only best to be speculative about this because there is
not hard
evidence that points out without bais the true aggressor.
The way montressor executed his brilliant plan was to lure fortunato to his home saying
that he wanted him to sample a wine by the name of amontillado. The reason behind this
was that he knew that fortunato was 
also a connoisseur of wines.We continue to see the devious mind of montressor at work and
also how ironic his compassion for fortunato was. ''Come,'' i said,with decision, ''we
will go back your health is precious.You are rich ,respected ,admired,beloved,you are
happy as i once was''(77). In the paragraph above montressor's compassion for fortunato
is a first rate reverse psychology in progress. Montressor anticipated that if he
appeared to be fortunato friend who cared about his health, his plan would be flawless.
It is known that montressor wanted to avenge fortunato ,but their is no indication of
when this would take place so this leave us to believe that the carnival created the
atmosphere for fortunato to be drunk, therefore allowingf Montressor to move forward
with his plan to murder fortunato. 
By the end of Poe's story, montressor has gotten his revenge against unspecting fortunato
,whose taste for wine led him to his death. Once again we are reminded of the coat of
arms and the the montresor family motto. The insignia is symbolic of montressor's evil
character, which like the serpent intends to get revenge.