Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cast Of Amontillado”

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Edgar Allan Poe’s; The Cask of Amontillado“The Cask of Amontillado,” which most people refer to as the perfect work of Poe reveals a narrator who no one can rely on. It is hard to tell the name of the narrator at first until the end of the story where the name is revealed. However, it is a tale that invites the reader to understand a plan of revenge that the narrator holds on. By using Montresor’s point of view to tell the story, Poe indulges the reader into the real murderer’s mind. Montresor, the narrator feels intrigued by Fortunato. As a result, he started planning on a way of revenge being careful not to arouse the suspicious of Fortunato. “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge… At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled…I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.” (12) The narrator reveals his mind and on the other hand trying to be cautious not to mess up with the whole plan.
In some cases, the author feels suspicious that Fortunato may come to learn his intention before he achieves what he wants. Therefore, he feels that his will and other acts maybe known. “… Neither by world nor deed had given I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his [destruction].” (17). However, Montresor was motivated by the weaknesses of Fortunato; he wanted to a…