Discuss the theme of revenge as illustrated in The Count of Monte Cristo andThe Cask of Amontillado. What lesson can be learned from these works

PLOTTING REVENGE, ONE BRICK AT A TIME
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In most cases, people would want to avenge against their enemies, but do it the wrong way. The reason is that they do it under the influence of emotions and not through reasoning. “The Count of Monte Cristo,” by Alexandre Dumas and “The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Alan Poe, are comparable because they have similar themes. The major themes in both books include vengeance, incarceration, intelligent deception and trickery – hatching of grand plans to seek revenge. In both stories, a character who had been wronged takes revenge on the person who wronged them. In “The Count of Monte Cristo” through careful planning and infiltrating the lives of their betrayers, Edmond Dantes seeks to do to his betrayer what was done to him — make him lose everything he holds dear. In “The Cask of Amontillado,” after gaining the trust of Fortunato, Montresor takes his revenge by sealing him alive — brick by brick – in the dungeon beneath his house. In both cases when it comes to revenge, the quickest method is not necessarily the most satisfying. Revenge thus is not the best form of justice. In this paper, revenge is the act of inflicting injury to a person in return for the damage they caused.
The story opens with one of the main characters, Montresor making a vow that he must revenge against another significant actor Fortunato. Poe starts with Montresor words who says, “A thousand inj…