“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is about a man who murders his friend in revenge. The narrator of the story, Montresor, is angry with Fortunato because of an unknown insult. In order to murder Fortunato, there are a few things that Montresor must do in preparation. These include preparing chains on the wall of a niche in the catacombs to tie Fortunato up with, hiding brick and mortar nearby to entomb Fortunato’s body in the niche, keeping a trowel hidden on himself to use with the brick and mortar, getting Fortunato inebriated so he is less suspicious of Montresor’s actions and less resistant when he chains him to the wall, and getting Fortunato alone so no one will hear him cry for help.
As we can tell from the first paragraph, Montresor has been wanting to kill Fortunato for some time. We are not really...
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sure why, and Fortunato does not really seem to know either. But for some reason, Montresor really wants revenge quite badly. Here are three things that he does to prepare to get his revenge:
- He tricks all his servants into leaving the mansion completely empty that night.
- He puts stone and mortar under the bones.
- He has those two staples in the wall and the chains and the locks all ready to go.