Friday, April 19, 2013

The Cask of Amontillado

The short story, "The Cask of Amontillado," was written by Edgar Allen Poe. The story starts off by Montressor talking about how he has been extremely humiliated by Fortunado.  He is seeking revenge.  During the carnival season, Montressor approaches Fortunado and offers him a taste of a light Spanish sherry (wine). After a few minutes, Fortunado agrees and they head down to the vaults. They continue down the long underground path and Fortunado gets very drunk in the process. Montressor tells him that the wine is in the recess and as Fortunado is walking, Montressor chains him to a stone.  He then begins to make a stone wall to trap Fortunado forever. I find this just a sick story.  Fortunado must have done something unbelievably bad to Montressor for him to react in this way.  I find a lot of Edgar Allen Poe's stories and poems to have this dark, evil twist to them.  He sure did have an imagination.  The story never actually says what Fortunado did, which leaves you guessing and wondering why all of this happened.

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