Do Not Dare to Insult Montressor

Have you ever had somebody tease you so much that you feel like you just want to kill them? Well Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” has a character named Fortunato that allegedly insulted Montressor so much that he did so. This short story had three main themes of revenge, masonry, and death. Poe also demonstrated irony along the story as a way or reminding us the true intention of Montressor. There are …showed first 75 words of 1061 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1061 total…leads him to his destruction. The reader new Montressor’s intentions from the first couple of lines, but through the irony, images, deep catacombs, to the last jingle of the jester’s suit do we actually realize that yes, Montressor has come through with his revenge. This man could not take Fortunato any more. So the next time you tease somebody just think, it could kill them or they can in turn just kill you.