What happened in the beginning of The Cask of Amontillado?
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 long before the telling of The Cask of Amontillado did the event take place?
fifty years
“The Cask of Amontillado” is the story of what may be a perfect crime. Narrating events that took place fifty years before, Montresor, a European aristocrat, begins the tale by explaining that Fortunato, a neighboring aristocrat and fellow wine connoisseur, had, after a series of slights, insulted him.
What does the first paragraph of The Cask of Amontillado mean?
In the first paragraph of the tale Montresor talks about his his general thougts on Revenge: I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. This means the act of revenge has to be unredressed.
What is the initial conflict of The Cask of Amontillado?
What is the conflict in the “The Cask of Amontillado”? Montresor wants revenge on Fortunato for insulting him.
What happened in the end of The 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.
What happened to Fortunato in The Cask of Amontillado?
Fortunato falls for Montresor’s trap. What happens to Fortunato? Fortunato eagerly follows only to be chained to a niche in the wall where he watches as Montresor builds a brick wall to enclose him inside where he will be left to die with no hope of survival or rescue. For a detailed summary, check the link below.
Who is Montresor telling his story to?
Montresor is telling the story to his noble family because he regrets it. In the story it said he had a great and numerous family with catacombs. I think that he had a big family so that would make him a noble man. If he was a noble man than he would have a long line of family.
When did Poe write Cask of Amontillado?
November 1846
The Cask of Amontillado, short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in Godey’s Lady’s Book in November 1846.
Who is the you in the beginning of The Cask of Amontillado?
Montresor
But the story is told in retrospect by the narrator, Montresor, fifty years after the event to an unknown listener (only referred to as “you” in the story).
What do you think Montresor means in the 1st paragraph of the story by the thousand injuries and insult?
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 are two conflicts in The Cask of Amontillado?
The story relates a horrible revenge made even more horrible by the fact that the vengeance is being taken when no real offense had been given. The confict in “The Cask of Amontillado” is straight forward man vs. man and man vs. himself.