The Cask of Amontillado By Edgar Allan Poe

In the Cask of Amontillado, I enjoyed Edgar's writing style of irony, foreshadowing and black comedy. I think it enlightens the grim topic of death. Montresor is quite observant of his enemy, learning all his weaknesses, which is wine. I noticed he caught Fortunato at the right time when he was drunk, therefore making him more vulnerable and less able to think. It didn't take alot of effort to persuade Fortunato to come. This is why I believe he is a fool. But it is also cowardly on Montresor's part that he needs Fortunato to be vulnerable to kill him.

The death plot of Fortunato is a creul and disturbing one. It makes me feel sick inside knowing he was buried alive. I think I feel this way because I fear death and I have a fear of being trapped in small spaces from which I can't get out of. I don't know how someone could murder a person this way and not have any morals while doing it. For Fortunato, I think it would be a terrifing and painful death. If his cough doesn't kill him, the dampness, dehydration or starvation will.

I have concluded that I dislike Montresor because I think he took his revenge too far. There are other ways of coping with anger instead of death. Examples could be just ignore and stay away from Fortunato, or even just go to someone else with matters on wine. Montresor is just as bad as Fortunato in his revenge because he sunk down to Fortunato's level. If Montresor was the better man, Fortunato would still be alive. I think at the end, Montresor starts to come to his senses of the wrong he is doing but decides to kill Fortunato anyway. Evil still prevails good.