An Analysis of “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is a horror story about a carefully thought out and planned act of revenge, and murder. Poe lets the reader know right away and throughout the story that the outcome will be Montresor getting revenge on Fortunato.
The story begins with Montresor vowing revenge on Fortunato for an insult, which is not clearly told. Montresor had planned and carefully designed this revenge, and murder. Planning a murder that could not be traced took a lot of forethought and preparation. One could only imagine the time it took to methodically and with cold calculation plan his revenge. In his plan, Montresor had to be sure that Fortunato would not become aware of his fate. Montresor knew Fortunato had a weakness, and he was going to exploit it to his advantage in order to undertake his plan. Fortunato was a connoisseur of fine wines. He took great pride in his knowledge, taste and smell of wines.

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