Montresor In The Cask Of Amontillado By Edgar Allen Poe

Character Analysis of Montresor

Imagine getting buried alive! That’s how the vengeful character of this story gets revenge. Edgar Allen Poe wrote many incredible stories, this is a character analysis of the protagonist in the short story “The Cask of Amontillado.” Written by Edgar Allen Poe, in “The Cask of Amontillado,” the manipulative and vengeful trait of Montresor impacts the story heavily.
Montresor is exquisite at manipulating others. For example, line 5 states “I have received a pipe of what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts.” said Montresor. To better explain, this line shows how Montresor tempts Fortunato to his vault. Furthermore, in line 24, he states “there were no attendants at home… I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house,” this reveals how Montresor used “reverse psychology” to make sure there was no one at his palazzo. In addition, he supposes that Fortunato is engaged in something, and he is on his way to Luchresi for connoisseur services. This makes

For instance, Montresor states at the beginning of the story, “I had borne as I best could, but when he ventures upon insult, I vowed revenge.” To better explain, if Montresor wasn’t vengeful the story would have been different and wouldn’t have happened. Furthermore, in line 47, Montresor tells Fortunato his family coat of arms shows a golden foot smashing a snake, but the snake is biting the heel of the offending foot, this image symbolically shows that someone may overpower a Montresor but the Montresors always strike back harder. In addition, he also tells Fortunato the motto in line 49 which expresses “No one attacks me with Impunity,” this indicates that Montresor’s victims are people who wronged him. This is significant because this displays that Montresor is vengeful and if he isn’t vengeful then the story would have been very