Dec 22, 2009

The Cask of Amontillado | The Cask of Amontillado

At a glance:

Author: Edgar Allan Poe
First Published: 1846
Type of Plot: Horror
Time of Work: Unspecified
Setting: Italy
Principal Characters: Montresor, Fortunato
Genres: Short fiction, Horror literature
Subjects: Murder or homicide, Death or dying, Revenge
Locales: Italy

The Story

Told in the first person by an Italian aristocrat, “The Cask of Amontillado” engages the reader by making him or her a confidant to Montresor's macabre tale of revenge. The victim is Fortunato, who, the narrator claims, gave him a thousand injuries that he endured patiently, but when Fortunato dared insult him, he vowed revenge. It must be a perfect revenge, one in which Fortunato will know fully what is happening to him and in which Montresor will be forever undetected. To accomplish it, Montresor waits until carnival season, a time of “supreme madness,” when...

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The Cask of Amontillado | The Cask of Amontillado

At a glance:

The Story

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