Fortunato was drunk and Montresor led him to his catacombs claiming that he thinks he has a cask of Amontillado, but needs an expert to taste it. To get Fortunato to go, he says “I’m on my way to Luchesi. If anyone has a critical turn, it is he.” Fortunato convinced Montresor not to get Luchesi by saying “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry.” Montresor also treats Fortunato like his friend by worrying about his cough in the catacombs, and he keeps him drunk so that he doesn’t think straight. Montresor is very smart and tricky. Lastly, Montressor is evil.
* This is a prime example of situational irony as Macbeth becomes ruthless later in the play. * This can be seen in Act 5 Scene 3 when he calls his servant a ‘whey-face’. * He becomes a desperado and arrogant, as he knows he is going to hell anyway, so he has no qualms about committing more sins, because he has gone against the Divine Right of Kings. * In the film, during Macbeth’s soliloquy, wine is used as the main prop and is used in many ways. * Stewart occasionally pauses and sniffs the red wine cork.
This is ironic, because in act two of Othello Iago’s scheme to undo the moor starts to involve more people. He begins to use Cassio, manipulate Othello, and persuade Roderigo into doing things, which will benefit no one but himself in the end. Iago uses Cassio because he wants to make him look bad in front of Othello, since he took Iago’s qualified position of lieutenant. One way Iago does this is by getting Cassio drunk. Even though Cassio did not want to drink, Iago managed to convince him to share a container of wine.
Montresor explains that he has put the bottle of Amontillado in his family’s catacombs with all of the remains of his ancestors. Because of the dampness in the cave, Fortunato begins to have a coughing fit. Montresor mocks Fortunato, and he asks if he wants to go back, but Fortunato says that he is fine and the wine is a cure for his cough. When Montresor gets Fortunato down to the catacombs he chains him to the wall and locks him in the catacombs. In this story we never find out what injustice he has suffered or if it was truly enough to have his once good friend murdered.
The title of story plays a big part in deceiving Fortunato. The word cask, which means wine barrel, is derived from the same root word used to form casket, meaning coffin. Therefore when Montresor is speaking of going to the cask he is ironically speaking of Fortunato’s casket (Cummings 2). Along with the title Fortunato’s name is very ironic. In Italian Fortunato means fortunate one, this is ironic because Fortunato is very unfortunate in the story because he is being led to his death and is treated like a fool.
Next Pap Finn teaches the evils of alcohol, this drunkard of a father abuses Huck and is only interested in him when money’s involved, for buying more booze of course. “Human beings can be awful cruel to one another” (254) sagaciously comments the surprisingly forgiving Huck about a pair of rapscallions is the next and most prominent moral, one you don’t have to dig for as much but is still a treasure all the same. The King and Duke lie and cheat others, whites enslave, mistreat, and dehumanize blacks, Tom Sawyer exploits others for his own amusement, Colonel Sherburn (although with fair warning) kills a
How does the author want the reader to feel while reading "The Cask of Amontillado”? Poe wants to feel the unreliableness of Montresor and wants to create the gothic and spooky thrill of stories like his. What techniques does the author use to help you visualize the place, the people, and the events that are taking place within the story? Imagery was used throughout the story to describe the catacombs so that you can picture how dreary and a terrifying place it must be. As well as when Montresor describes Fortunato especially with “the wine twinkling in his eyes”.
I found it some humor in Telemachus‘ saying, “sip your wine” to the old man (317). He did not refer to the wine as his father’s as he probably would have done if he had been talking to one of the suitors. To some extent, that specific choice of words gives away the fact that the old man really is Odysseus in disguise. Telemachus constantly seems to be underestimated by the suitors, which gives an acute advantage to him and to his
After ‘The Cask of Amontillado’ By Patrick Moyer I start to leave the catacombs when I stop after hearing shrieks for help. “Help Me,” he cried in a sluggish, drunken voice. I return with “Do not worry dear Fortunato, as you are sleeping.” The crying stops, all is silent as I assume he is asleep. I know of his impending doom for I have seen holes where rats scurry, it should be a few days until he is devoured. Before I leave I say a prayer, “Oh dear Fortunato,” I exclaim, “may god have mercy on you for I did when I left you for the rats.
The setting reflects the theme in that most of the story takes place in a dark damp winding tunnel that is filled with bones of dead people. The Montresser takes Fortunado to the cellar to isolate him from everyone at the carnival. This is where Montresser plans to seal Fortunado’s Fate and achieve his revenge. Poe uses this dark setting to communicate the underlying theme of the story. In this case it is revenge.