“The Cask of Amontillado”, By Edgar Allen Poe, is basically about a man named Montressor taking revenge upon a man named Fortunato. He wants revenge because of all of the things Fortunato had done to him in the past. So what he basically did was he set Fortunado up. He knew that his weakness was wine because he was a drunk. He had had enough of it, so he conducted a plan to have him killed.
He told Fortunado that he had some kind of wine that he thought was Amontillado.
Knowing that Luchersi was Fortunado’s competition, Montressor tricked him into thinking that he was going to Luchersi to find out what type of wine it was. So they both went, once they got to there destination Montressor kept giving Fortunato wine so that he could get drunk. He continued to give him wine until he was unable to stand up on his on. He had lowered him done into recesses of an underground vault. Knowing that Fortunato was very drunk Montressor
Hurried and locked chains on his body. He knew that Fortunato was to drunk to resist the chains. At the same time he was still drunk. It took a while for him to get back regular. Once he was back in his right mind he had realized where he was. Montressor had him locked in a coffin and he was buried. All Fortunado could do is scream. Montressor got his revenge by burring Fortunato alive in a coffin.
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