Montresor Character Analysis Essay
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Have you ever met someone so clever, determined, and cruel to leave a man to die over an insult? Montresor is the perfect example of these character traits. In “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allan Poe, Montresor uses all of these character traits to get revenge on Fortunado for insulting his family name. Montresor’s clever planning, determination for revenge, and cruel murder are the perfect combination for his unequaled revenge. Montresor’s cleverness is displayed multiple times within the selection, many times with irony. An excellent example is his charade of compassion towards Fortunado’s well being in the catacombs. As they venture deeper in the catacombs, Montresor asks Fortunado of his cough, only pretending to care while this also gains a little bit of Fortunado’s trust. Another example of Montresor’s cleverness is continually giving Fortunado wine to increase his state of unawareness as Montresor says, “Here, Fortunado. Drink …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how montresor's clever planning, determination for revenge, and cruel murder combine to get revenge on fortunado for insulting his family name.
- Analyzes how montresor's cleverness is displayed multiple times within the selection, many times with irony.
- Analyzes how montresor's strong determination shows how serious he is about getting his revenge on fortunado. his trait of determination is the backbone of the story.
- Analyzes how montresor's way of revenge is a slow, painful, and terrifying homicide. he knew that this form of murder would be slow and inhumane.
- Concludes that montresor is a unique and demented character. his cleverness, determination, and cruelty answer the question of who he is.
Montresor’s way of revenge is a very slow, painful, and terrifying homicide. As the story tells of Montresor’s planning for his revenge, it makes clear that Montresor knew that this form of murder would be very slow and inhumane. As Montresor tells it, “I found the stones which earlier I had taken down from the wall." (Poe p.71) This quote reveals that Montresor had already taken down this wall in order to trap Fortunado in this room to kill him. Montresor had a very twisted way of getting his revenge. In conclusion, Montresor is a very unique and demented character. This story strongly represents three characteristics that Montresor possesses. Montresor’s cleverness is the reason he can irony and detail to the situation. His determination is the driving force for all of his actions in the story. Finally, Montresor’s cruelty is what makes him a one-of-a-kind character with a unique course of action. All of these traits are what answer the question of who is
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- Compares the narration of the cask of amontillado and the black cat by edgar allen poe.
- Analyzes how montresor buys amontillado wine to use in his vengeful plan to murder fortunato, and meets his "friend" who wears a tight fitting parti-striped dress and head is surmounted by the conical cap and bells.
- Analyzes how montresor leads fortunato down the stairs into the catacombs, where the narrator opens up to how he is going to kill his "friend".
- Analyzes how montresor commits murder in the catacombs where the amontillado is supposed to be. he wants revenge for the insults of fortunato.
- Compares the narrator in "the black cat" to montresor, who is an alcoholic.
- Analyzes how the narrator, like montresor, turns on pluto after several nights of intoxication, violence against his wife and the other pets.
- Analyzes how the narrator finds a second cat that is similar to pluto. the wife likes the cat, but eventually hates it.
- Analyzes how the brutality of the murder the narrator commits happens in the cellar of his house. he is almost knocked down by the cat while walking down the stairs.
- Analyzes how poe's wife steps in the way to stop him from hurting the feline. because she does this, he takes the ax and chops her.
- Analyzes the way the evidence of the murder is covered up during this time period. the narrator attempts to hide the body in a wall in the cellar.
- Compares the narrators of "the cask of amontillado" and "the black cat." they murder their enemies with no remorse towards them.
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- Analyzes how revenge never comes without consequences. in edgar allan poe's "the cask of amontillado," montresor suffers from being insulted, seeking revenge, and living with guilt.
- Analyzes how montresor starts the evil revenge plot with a smile on his face. he believes that he will feel free and better about himself, for completing his mission of impunity.
- Analyzes how montresor, who kills the one person he truly despises, doesn't gain anything positive from the revenge.
- Analyzes how montresor lets the insulting fortunato go straight to his head and cleverly tricks him into "the catacombs of the montresores." this type of revenge doesn't happen very often.
- Analyzes how montresor wants to punish with impunity, but guilt takes over his subconscious.
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- Analyzes how the narrator, montresor, seeks revenge against his friend fortunato who he claims had caused him many injuries.
- Analyzes how montresor strategically sets up fortunato for his death. he had planned every detail so that he would be alone with him.
- Analyzes how montresor's grudge against fortunato makes him vindictive as he seeks revenge for his insult against him. his family motto is "nemo me impune lacessit".
- Analyzes montresor's pride, which leads him to seek revenge against fortunato because he doesn't want to be seen as weak.
- Analyzes how edger allan poe wrote characters with certain characteristics so we could relate to the emotions and feelings in the story. montresor seeks revenge, takes pride in his vengeful acts and uses his cleverness to plan it out precisely.
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- Analyzes how edgar allan poe's "the cask of amontillado" portrays the implicit meaning of the feud between montresor and fortunato.
- Analyzes how the setting of "the cask of amontillado" is comparable to montresor's feelings towards fortunato after being insulted.
- Analyzes how light is a classic symbol in literature for happiness, compassion, and love, while darkness is the opposite symbolizing evil and despair.
- Analyzes how the atmosphere in "the cask of amontillado" has two sides: one of joy and social deliverance, and another of loneliness and despair.
- Analyzes how poe uses the setting to share the implicit meaning behind several aspects of the story.
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- Analyzes how montresor's strategy of killing fortunado was well-thought-out. he gained his interest with a very elegant wine, and repeatedly kept bringing up luchre
- Analyzes how montresor uses reverse psychology to manipulate fortunado to follow him to his doom.
- Analyzes how montresor seems happy and apathetic towards the situation. he jokes and laughs about the future course of events.
- Analyzes how montresor's joke is more obvious in this example. he is using a play on words about describing the way that his dear "friend" is going to be killed.
- Analyzes how montresor exhibits many traits of a sociopath throughout the story. he shows no remorse or interest in the effect that his actions will have.
- Analyzes how the narrator, montresor, is believed to be a sociopath by many. he kills his friend, fortunado, after he insulted him for the last time.
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- Analyzes raymond disanza's article "on memory forgetting, and complicity in "the cask of amontillado" by edgar allan poe.
- Analyzes how disanza ignores montresor's audience, his motive, and his purpose for retelling the story of the murder.
- Analyzes how disanza suggests that montresor's motive for killing fortunato is a mystery.
- Analyzes how disanza used multiple sources when looking at his works cited page, shown at the end of his article.
- Analyzes how bales believes that montresor creates a more distant relationship with the reader just from the last paragraph.
- Analyzes how disanza's article gave them the opportunity to see poe’s story from a few different angles that they haven't thought of.
- Analyzes how poe deals with the important question of motivation in his opening sentence. the dramatic irony of this short story is montresor blindly leading fortunato to his doom.
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- Analyzes how edgar allan poe's "a cask of amontillado" expresses its dark view of human intention by using elements of irony, foreshadowing, and metaphor.
- Opines that the main theme in the story is the deep hatred buried within the outwardly congenial montresor. the tale would not work if it were told from fortunato's point of view or from a dramatic/objective angle.
- Analyzes how "a cask of amontillado" is replete with ironic statements and situations. montresor is consumed by his hatred of fortunato.
- Analyzes how poe builds suspense and expectation in "a cask of amontillado" by using a few instances of foreshadowing.
- Analyzes how poe's theme in "a cask of amontillado" is the darkness that lies behind the friendly facade of some men.
- Analyzes how each of the literary devices used in "a cask of amontillado" serves to reinforce poe's single effect.
730 wordsRead More - Malicious Vengeance: The Ghastly Acts of Murderanalytical essayBy this time, Fortunato is so drunk and trusting of Montresor that he blindly follows Montresor deep into the back of a catacomb. During their journey Montresor gives Fortunato plenty of chances to turn around; Montresor tells his victim at one point “we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed.” (Poe 1316) Upon reaching the end of the cavern, Montresor does not explain himself, and does not gift his enemy with a bottle of wine, but instead sentences him to a slow and horrific death.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how poe's short story, "the cast of amontillado," and louise erdrich’s essay, “fleur,” have prominent themes about revenge.
- Narrates how montresor lies to fortunato about having a rare wine that he would love to share with him, and explains that fortuneto, an avid wine connoisseur, is pleased to follow him due to his drunkenness.
- Analyzes how fortunato is so drunk and trusting of montresor that he blindly follows him into the back of a catacomb.
- Analyzes how poe describes the act of revenge almost as a dark insanity that plagues the main character. montresor's madness is shown when he goes from friend to foe.
- Analyzes how poe views the act of vengeance as a solemn, sinister, and deranged work of hatred.
- Analyzes how poe's revenge is all about making the victim suffer ten-fold. his main character does everything in his power to swindle fortunato out of his life.
- Analyzes how erdrich's essay is told by a second-person narrator, about the life of native american named fleur.
- Describes pauline as the quite person that no one ever recognized until fleur came along. after witnessing such a shocking act done by her co-workers, towards her friend, she acts upon an opportunity.
- Analyzes how pauline secretly follows fleur home after she won a huge pot in poker, where she angered many of her co-workers by winning.
- Describes how pauline noticed that her fellow co-workers took shelter in the large meat freezer towards the back of the business. after confining the perpetrators, she walked away and acted like nothing happened.
- Analyzes how erdrich focuses on the events that led up to pauline's decision of commenting her act of revenge.
- Analyzes erdrich's essay in which pauline takes vengeance against the group of victims that attacked her friend; the co-workers were avenged by someone that witnessed their horrible act of violence, not by the person that was initially wronged.
- Analyzes how erdrich and montresor's victims were confined within a small and enclosed space. both were under the influence of alcohol when their attacker took advantage of them.
- Opines that pauline's co-workers had no idea they were murdered. they didn't think that she locked them in there intentionally, or had anything to do with it.
- Analyzes how poe's victim was deceived into his final resting place; montresor ticked poor fortunato into trusting him.
- Compares poe and erdrich's style of showing the reader acts of revenge, stating they found both stories to be very good at getting their point across, even though they were very different.
- Analyzes how poe's story ended with montresor mocking fortunado, who makes one last ploy for his life.
- Analyzes how erdrich ends her story in a happier fashion. pauline tells the reader that she went to help out in fleur’s cabin when she bore the child.
- Analyzes how poe's story is told by the avenger many years after what he had done to fortunado. erdrich’s essay illustrates that pauline visited fleur many different times after her act of revenge.
- Analyzes how poe presented his story of revenge in a more gruesome fashion than erdrich. montresor can see and hear his victim’s anguish while sentencing him to an untimely death.
- Opines that they do not find harmful malicious vengeance acceptable by any means. they believe that revenge comes from hatred, and living with an excess of hatred throws off one’s balance in life.
- Opines that even though they disagree with acts of revenge, they still battle with those undesirable thoughts. they would not do anything outside of their moral and ethical point-of-view to that particular person.
- Compares poe and erdrich's story styles. both stories accomplished the same goal of showing the act of murderous revenge.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how edgar allan poe's "the cask of amontillado" features the classic unreliable narrator, montresor, who personifies wickedness.
- Analyzes how the narrator's use of the word "vow" indicates that the grievance was meaningful in the mind of montresor, allowing the reader to identify with the actions to be revealed throughout the story.
- Analyzes how montresor's internalized thought and reaction to the insult of fortunato suggests that he does not attempt to make amends and instead seeks retribution.
- Analyzes how the dialogue adds dark humor and highlights montresor's withdrawn nature, and reveals other crucial aspects of his character.
- Analyzes how the comments made in exchanges between the narrator and fortunato highlight montresor's inability to be open and honest, show his twisted nature, and demonstrate his intelligence.
- Analyzes how fortunato's disparaging treatment of montresor and his ancestors inspired jealousy.
- Analyzes poe's use of montresor as a vehicle that allows the reader to identify with their own shortcomings.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how edgar allan poe's "the cask of amontillado" introduces two central characters and unfolds a tale of horror and perversion. montresor, the narrator, and fortunato pay the price for their pride and jealousy.
- Analyzes how montresor, the narrator, lures fortunato into the depths of his catacombs to be murdered.
- Analyzes how marie bonaparte and william doxey believe that fortunato's weakness for wine gets him in trouble. montresor uses the theory of perversity to get him down into the vaults.
- Analyzes how "the cask of amontillado" has a role reversal between the main characters.
- Analyzes how poe uses foreshadowing to tell the reader that something bad is to happen to fortunato.
- Analyzes how fortunato wears a clown costume to convey the fun of the time. redd 7 imagery plays an important role in the story.
- Analyzes how edgar allan poe allows the reader to interpret the end of the story by himself, which brings imagination into the picture.
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