An Analysis Of “The Cask Of Amontillado

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is an external struggle because
Fortunato and Montresor are in a life and death fight. However, the
conflict is largely internal, because Montresor has a fierce hatred that
Fortunato is unaware of. The narrative hook seems to occur when Fortunato
follows Montresor into the vault. Even if the reader was confused by the
language of the first paragraph or is puzzled by the motive of the narrator,
he/she is curious to know what will happen next. Knowing that revenge is
at hand the reader wonders what it will be. Why is he taking him
underground?
The climax of the story is when Montresor chains Fortunato to the
wall and begins to layer the bricks. It is the high point of emotional
involvement. It is at this point that the reader may ask themselves if
this is really about to happen. The conclusion lets us know that Montresor
was never punished for this crime. Fifty years has passed and he is an old
man telling the story on his deathbed. The true horror is that Fortunato
died a ...

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as his forebears were. He shows no remorse about what he has done,
even in old age. When he says, “May he rest in peace”(196) at the end of
the story, the reader gets the feeling he means, “ I hope you stay there
and rot” rather than, “I hope you found joy and peace in heaven.”
We don’t really know much about Fortunato: just enough to know that
he must not have really known the true heart of his friend. He must not
have been a guarded person. He must have said too much to make Montresor
think he was insulting him and he must have boasted about his knowledge of
wines. You feel that Fortunato was probably a bit too sociable and a bit
foolish. He was an unfortunate man who found ...

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