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luluxs
luluxs
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High School - 9th Grade

What is ironic about the toast of Montresor in "The Cask of Amontillado"?

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Posted by luluxs on Sunday October 19, 2008 at 4:28 PM and tagged with characters, irony, montressor, plot, the cask of amontillado.

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  1. cybil Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    The toast that Fortunato and Montresor share is as follows:

    “I drink,” [Fortunato] said, “to the buried that repose around us.”

    “And I to your long life.”

    Fortunato's toast is ironic because he will soon be among the dead buried in the catacombs himself. Montresor seems to be wishing his companion a long life as a typical toast suggests, full of heath and happiness, but Montresor hopes that Fortunato will live a long time chained to wall and suffer before he dies in payment for the "insult" he dealt to Montresor. His response, therefore, is ironic as well.

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    Posted by cybil on Sunday October 19, 2008 at 4:37 PM