Perversion In Montresor's The Cask Of Amontillado

The beginning of the process of perversion starts with an idea. It’s that first moment when a person starts to think doing something you consider as bad or something that goes against society’s views of right and wrong. In the Imp of the Perverse, that moment is when he (the character) considers confessing the murder out loud in public. However, in The Cask of Amontillado, Montresor contemplates on whether to enact revenge on Fortunato.
One day, whilst sauntering along the streets, I arrested myself in the act of murmuring, half aloud, these customary syllables. In a fit of petulance, I remodelled them thus; "I am safe -- I am safe -- yes -- if I be not fool enough to make open confession!"
The quote says that while he was walking in the

But, he stops himself and decides to repeat, “I am safe”, as an alternative option that possibly send him straight to prison. The idea started off small, but it ended up growing into something much more unstable. He has to remind himself that confessing is not a good thing.
I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.
In this quote, Montresor says that must be able to Fortunato in a way that he will not be caught. He goes on to say that Fortunato has done him an injustice and has not apologized for offending him. So now, Montresor feels that revenge would be incomplete if it was carried out without victim knowing that it was him who killed him.
Montresor had had enough and was going to finally get revenge on Fortunato. The problem with planning out his revenge was that he had to make sure that he did so without getting caught. It is clear that Montresor has rolling around this idea within his head for quite some time. The fact he says that he must punish him with worrying about being caught shows that he knows it is immoral to kill another man. Alas, as stated before whatever offense dealt was the straw that broke the camel’s