Essays on Montresor

Many people who have been crossed in some way harbor thoughts of revenge, but the majority of people never act them out. While revenge can be a great motivator for violence, some instances are not as they appear, such as in Poe’s telling of a man named Montresor who builds a wall around his supposed nemesis and kills him in an act of retribution. This behavior is bizarre for several reasons, and the true terror of this tale lies in the demented psyche of Montresor. In “The Cask of ...

Name: Mohamed Abdi Instructor: Virden kamla Class: EN201 09/12/2019 You Only Fear the Unknown  To dread the obscure, and to dread of whatever may come in our lives, has ages of individuals considering whatever our lives will resemble to the next day or the following moments. Demise is consistently there and it is not possible to escape it. Dying creates a frightening moment. Our individual humanity or the humanity of our friends and family panics us to the point that we at some point can't ...

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” The meaning of this statement is that without a full expression of what must be said between communicators, the compatibility they hold can lead the members of the relationship in a negative direction. This quote by George Bernard Shaw proves true in Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado.” Montresor and Fortunato’s affiliation is doomed because they both lack proper communication skills, resulting in ...

Montresor, the main character of Edgar Allen Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado”, took it upon himself to get justice for all the times his old friend Fortunato insulted him; Montresor not only wanted to simply punish Fortunato, but to punish with impunity. Montresor carries out his deceptive plan by luring Fortunato into the catacombs by playing on Fortunato’s vanities, there Montresor traps an intoxicated Fortunato and barricades the exit so there is no choice but die a slow death in the damp ...

“The thousands injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.” (p. 61) Montresor said the morning he decided to do the dreaded task of removing Fortunato from society. There could be numerous reasons for this thinking, but the central one will be explained. All of the mayhem and the drama started years and years ago when the two gentlemen were friends. In their youthful years, the two shared everything. Ranging from pranks to jokes and ...