Although Montresor states that it is the damp air of the catacombs that makes him feel sick at the end of the story, Poe hints that Montresor's sick feelings represent remorse for his actions. There's no physical reason for the air to suddenly make Montresor feel sick. Also know, why does Montresor's heart grew sick?
Montresor does not experience satisfaction with the perfect crime he has committed. Instead he says: My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so. Montresor has been down in these catacombs for a long while and didn't feel any such sickness before.
Furthermore, what is Montresor's weakness? According to Montresor, Fortunato's one weakness is the pride he takes in "his connoisseurship in wine." It is this pride that Montresor plans to exploit in order to lure his nemesis, Fortunato, into his family catacombs so that he can wall the man in and guarantee his tortured and painful death.
Similarly one may ask, who is Montresor telling his story to?
The story that Montresor tells, his murder of Fortunato, takes place during Carnival, the night before the first day of Lent. Because he calls his family home a palazzo, it is fair to assume it is in Italy, where Carnival originated. As a result, it is plausible that Montresor is a Catholic confessing to a priest.
Why does Montresor tell his story 50 years later?
Montresor is not confessing but writing a description of an event in his life of which he seems to be proud. The fact that he has waited fifty years to tell anyone about it only is intended to demonstrate that he has gotten away with a perfect crime.
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Does Montresor regret killing Fortunato?
As for relating it to Poe's life, it is possible that you could connect it to the story with the theme "no regret." Montresor does not regret killing Fortunato, and Poe did not regret either one thing he did or multiple or even all of them. Why did Montresor kill Fortunato?
Why did Montresor decide to kill Fortunato? He decided to kill him because he insulted him. Does Montresor feel guilty?
Not only does Montresor feel no guilt, but he perceives his murder of Fortunato as a successful act of vengeance and punishment rather than crime. How does Fortunato die?
Answer and Explanation:In 'The Cask of Amontillado,' Montresor kills Fortunato by building a wall around him in the depths of the wine cellar/ catacombs, sealing him
When Fortunato grows quiet and dies Why does Montresor's heart grow sick?
Montresor's heart grows sick as he realizes that Fortunato outwits him by refusing to play along anymore in this game of revenge. What are three clever things Montresor does to lure Fortunato?
Snakes are sneaky. Montresor attack, locks Fortunato in chains, and seals him inside a wall. Does Montresor get away with his crime?
In the last lines of the story, Montresor reveals that he has gotten away with the crime for something like 50 years: Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones. For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. How did Montresor ensure that no servants?
In "The Cask of Amontillado", Montresor ensures that no servants would be around to witness the crime by giving them strict orders to not come home for he will not be back all night because it is Carnivale. Everyone was gone from the house so they could party and have fun before Lent. Why is Montresor telling his audience this story?
Why do you think Montresor is telling his audience this story? He takes pride in his revenge. He is ashamed of his actions. He wants Fortunato to forgive him. Why and to whom is Montresor revealing his crime Fifty years after he committed it?
We can only guess. I think he is talking to a priest. Montresor is obviously confessing his crime of so many years ago, and it appears that this is not the first time he is confessing the same thing. He is retelling, with some delight, the details of his murder of Fortunato. How old is Montresor?
That would put him and Fortunato around age 20 for this story. How did Montresor lure Fortunato?
Montresor lures Fortunato to his wine vaults first by playing on Fortunato's pride as a connoisseur of wine. He sets the bait by informing Fortunato that he has a pipe of amontillado but is not sure it is genuine. Montresor adds that he doesn't want to bother him and that his other friend, Luchesi, can test the wine. Who might Montresor be addressing who is the you?
Many readers have wondered whom Montresor is addressing as “You, who so well know the nature of my soul” in his short story “The Cask of Amontillado.” It seems possible, especially in view of the narrator's advanced age, that he is in effect talking to himself. How was Montresor insulted?
It is never known for sure how, or even if, Fortunato insulted Montresor in “The Cask of Amontillado.” All the reader knows is that Montresor claims to have suffered a “thousand injuries” at the hands of Fortunato. If true, it is likely that Fortunato has now insulted Montresor and his family name. Why does Montresor tell his servants not to leave his house?
Why does Montresor tell his servants that, even though he will not return until morning, they are not to leave the house? He knows this will make them leave. Who is Fortunato?
Fortunato is an unsuspecting victim, who follows Montresor into his family's catacombs, where he is buried alive. He is competitive and always wants to be first in everything he does, so he is foolish when he wants to rush to the catacombs to be the first to taste the Amontillado. Which of Montresor's comments are Fortunato ironic?
These are some instances where Montresor speaks ironically: Fortunato has a coughing fit while the two are walking through the catacombs. Fortunato responds, "the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough", to which Montressor rejoins in sinisterly ironic understatement, "true - true". What does Montresor think of himself?
Montresor seems to think pretty well of himself. He committed a ghastly crime, but it doesn't seem to be bothering his conscience. Furthermore, Montresor, the man who wrote the story and the man who committed the fiendish murder, must be dead. So he is beyond the reach of the law. Why is Montresor carrying a trowel?
The trowel, a mason's tool, is carried by Montresor because he knows he will need it to mix the mortar. Poe incorporates it as a foreshadowing device as well as for making a great pun when Fortunato asks Montresor if he knows the sign of the Masons. Did Fortunato deserve to die?
No one deserves to die. It's not clear whether or not Fortunato deserved to die, because Montresor never states what exactly Fortunato has done to him. Montresor does mention the "thousand injuries of Fortunato," but doesn't elaborate on what the unfortunate victim did to finally push Montresor over the edge. Which flaws in his character led to Montresor's downfall?
Fortunato's affinity for wine and his excessive pride are also significant character flaws that lead to his demise. Fortunato is clearly inebriated during his interactions with Montresor, which affects his judgment and causes him to let his guard down. Why does Montresor stop working?
Montresor stops working when Fortunato begins rattling his chains because Montresora)is exhausted. Why does Fortunato keep repeating Amontillado?
Fortunato keeps repeating the word "Amontillado" at the beginning of the story when Montresor first tells him he has purchased a whole cask of the gourmet Spanish wine. Poe's purpose in having Fortunato keep repeating that single word is apparently to show that the man is tremendously interested in it. What is Montresor's family motto?
During their walk, Montresor mentions his family coat of arms: a golden foot in a blue background crushing a snake whose fangs are embedded in the foot's heel, with the motto Nemo me impune lacessit ("No one attacks me with impunity"). What is ironic about Fortunato's name?
The name Fortunato implies that the person bearing it will experience good fortune. Fortunato's name is ironic because he experiences one of the worst possible fates that could befall a person. Unbeknownst to him, he has insulted Montresor, and rather than let the insult pass, Montresor is bent on revenge. Why are there no attendants at the narrator Palazzo?
Pride in knowledge of wines (95). Why are there no attendants at the narrator's palazzo? Revenge can only happen if you are not caught and if the victim knows you did it (95). Example of dramatic irony in "The Cask of Amontillado." Why does Montresor wait fifty years to tell his story how might the story be different if he had told it the morning after the murder?
The main reason that Monstressor waits fifty years to tell his story is because he is extremely proud of the fact that he has gotten away with it for so long. He stresses this point at the end of the story. Can you trust Montresor as the narrator?
when you cannot trust the narrator in the story. Montresor is an unreliable narrator because he is a murderer and you cannot really trust if parts that he says are true. He says about his guilt in killing the man but denies it. What is Poe's message about revenge? What is the ending of The Cask of Amontillado?
End of the story is horrifying and shocking: Montresor traps and entombs living Fortunato behind the brick wall. The victim cries to the executioner: "For the love of God"(Poe, 214) but the only respond is ironical repeat of his own words. What is the irony in Cask of Amontillado?
Dramatic irony is created throughout the story because the reader knows that Montresor hates Fortunado and he is luring him into the catacombs for a dark purpose. In another example of situational irony, Fortunado is dressed as a jester in the story. He is dressed for a night of revelry and fun. How much time has passed when Montresor tells his story?
At the time he is telling the story, how much time has passed since Montresor killed Fortunato? Fifty years. What is ironic about Montresor's reference to Fortunato as noble?
What is ironic about Montresor's reference to Fortunato as noble? He has made it clear that he does not consider Fortunato noble, and he is not treating Fortunato as if he did. His name sounds like the word "fortunate." However, Fortunato is far from fortunate when Montresor exacts his revenge. How is Fortunato like Montresor?
Fortunato and Montresor are also alike in social status. They are both noblemen, evidenced by their coats-of-arms and the fact that they call each other friend. People tended to socialize within their class at the time this story is set. Montresor invites Fortunato to his "palazzo," which is Italian for a palace. Where does Montresor lead Fortunato?
the catacombs
Why does Fortunato go to the vault?
Why does Fortunato go into the vaults? To prove his wine expertise. What motivates Montresor to vow to take revenge upon Fortunato? Fortunato has insulted him. 
