Poe's Short Stories
Discuss how Montressor is “obsessed” with enacting his revenge against Fortunato.
From The Cask of Amontillado
From The Cask of Amontillado
Montresor, like most of Poe's protagonists, are mentally disturbed and hence unreliable narrators. We are not really sure what wrong Fortunato has done to him but he has obsessed about his revenge. Montresor has let his staff off for the festival so that he can have Fortunato alone. Montresor has left masonry or stonework equipment in the catacombs. He knows just how to tempt Fortunato into following him.