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   a-b

   I am not sure of all the answers, but what I do know is that Montresor is telling the story 50 years after it happened. He also seems to know the person he is telling very well, as he says "you" knows the "nature of my soul."

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   Posted by a-b on Sunday January 28, 2007 at 9:39 AM
   
   

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   tink Student
   

   he means you as the reader

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   Posted by tink on Tuesday January 30, 2007 at 4:29 PM
   
   

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   joriegram Teacher
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   There's been much speculation on whom Montresor may be addressing, fifty years after the fact. The second sentence reads, "You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat," which seems to imply Montresor is addressing his priest, a person who would well "know his soul," and to whom Montresor would not want to appear like a threatening person, especially since it is likely that--given the time span--he is now confessing his sins on his deathbed. This reading also lends a nice irony to the last sentence of the story,"In pace requiescat!" (Latin for "In peace may he rest.")

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   Posted by joriegram on Monday March 26, 2007 at 10:38 AM
   
   

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   revolution Teacher
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   The "you" could have been a long-time friend or a priest as he had said "You, who so well know the nature of my soul". This story was told 50 years after the event had happened and the reason for telling this story is to feature revenge and secret murder as a way to avoid using legal channels for retribution

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   Posted by revolution on Sunday July 26, 2009 at 7:13 AM