The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
An efficacious story on “ revenge with impunity ” and “ premature burial ”. For me, it is a perfect “story of VANITY! ”. A revenge which laid hidden for half-a-century, and is revealed to the readers by the redresser & narrator (the main character), Montresor. We as a reader turn into a confidant, to his macabre tale of revenge ! The victim, Fortunato , unaware of the sinister scheming against him, is sealed in the walls of the moist family catacomb. The story begins with the main character, Montresor , mentioning about his silent endurance of 1000 injuries and vowing a revenge with impunity- “THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.” “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity” Here, the insult borne, is related to the prideful knowledge of Fortunato on wine. We notice that Montresor, can get easily insulted/offended! Montresor is quintessential of patience . Searing...