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| Title = The Cask of Amontillado
| Title = The Cask of Amontillado
| Author = Edgar Allan Poe
| Author = Edgar Allan Poe
| Genre = short story
| Literary form = short story
| Year of publication = 1846
| Year of publication = 1846
| Microsummary = A man named Montresor seeks revenge on his friend Fortunato for an unspecified insult. He lures Fortunato into his wine cellar with the promise of a rare wine, only to bury him alive behind a wall of bricks.
| Microsummary = A man sought revenge on another for an insult by luring him into catacombs under the pretense of verifying a wine's authenticity. He then chained and sealed him inside a niche, leaving him to die.
| Wikidata = Q1130590
| Wikisource = Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination/The Cask of Amontillado
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"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1846. The story is set in an unnamed Italian city during the carnival season and follows the protagonist, Montresor, as he seeks revenge on his friend Fortunato for an unspecified insult.
A man named Montresor sought revenge on his acquaintance, Fortunato, for an unspecified insult.{{Quote
 
| Text = The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.
{{Character
| Context = Montresor, the narrator, explains his motivation for seeking revenge on Fortunato. This quote is from the beginning of the story, setting the stage for the events to come.
}}{{Character
| Name = Montresor
| Name = Montresor
| Description = protagonist; vengeful, cunning, and manipulative; seeks revenge on Fortunato for an insult
| Description = narrator; cunning, manipulative, and vengeful
| Emoji = 😠
| Emoji = 🙎🏻‍♂️
}}
}}{{Character
| Name = Fortunato
| Description = wine connoisseur; prideful, easily manipulated, and intoxicated
| Emoji = 🥴
}} Montresor devised a plan to lure Fortunato into his family's catacombs under the pretense of verifying the authenticity of a cask of Amontillado, a rare and valuable wine. Fortunato, a known wine connoisseur, eagerly agreed to accompany Montresor to his vaults during a carnival celebration.


Montresor lures Fortunato into his wine cellar with the promise of a rare and valuable wine called Amontillado. Fortunato, a wine connoisseur, is eager to taste the wine and follows Montresor deep into the cellar.
Upon arriving at the catacombs, Montresor led Fortunato deeper into the underground chambers, passing through walls of human remains and damp, nitre-covered walls. Despite Fortunato's persistent cough, Montresor encouraged him to continue, offering him more wine along the way. Eventually, they reached a small, hidden recess in the catacombs.


{{Character
Montresor quickly chained Fortunato to the granite wall and began to seal him inside the niche with bricks and mortar. As the intoxication wore off, Fortunato realized the gravity of his situation and pleaded for his release. Montresor, however, continued to build the wall, taunting Fortunato with his own cries for help.{{Quote
| Name = Fortunato
| Text = For the love of God, Montressor!
| Description = Montresor's friend; wine connoisseur; prideful and unsuspecting; falls victim to Montresor's revenge plot
| Context = Fortunato pleads with Montresor as he realizes he's been trapped in the niche. This quote occurs near the end of the story, when Fortunato's fate is sealed.
| Emoji = 🍷
}}
}}


As they descend further into the cellar, Montresor plies Fortunato with more wine, causing him to become increasingly intoxicated. Eventually, they reach a small, dark chamber where Montresor chains Fortunato to the wall. Fortunato, still unaware of Montresor's true intentions, believes this to be a joke and laughs it off.
Once the wall was nearly complete, Fortunato laughed nervously, suggesting that it was all a joke and that they would laugh about it later. Montresor agreed, but continued to seal the niche. Fortunato's final plea was for the love of God, to which Montresor echoed the sentiment but received no response. Montresor called out to Fortunato one last time, but only the jingling of his carnival bells answered.


However, Montresor begins to build a wall of bricks, sealing Fortunato inside the chamber. As the wall nears completion, Fortunato's laughter turns to desperate pleas for mercy, but Montresor remains unmoved. He finishes the wall, leaving Fortunato to die a slow and agonizing death.
Montresor finished sealing the niche and left Fortunato to die in the catacombs. For fifty years, no one disturbed the hidden tomb, and Montresor's revenge remained a secret. In pace requiescat!
 
The story concludes with Montresor revealing that the events took place fifty years prior and that Fortunato's body has never been discovered.
 
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"For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!"
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"The Cask of Amontillado" is a chilling tale of revenge and the dark depths of the human psyche.
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Edgar Allan Poe
The Cask of Amontillado
1846
Summary of the Short Story
Microsummary: A man sought revenge on another for an insult by luring him into catacombs under the pretense of verifying a wine's authenticity. He then chained and sealed him inside a niche, leaving him to die.
A man named Montresor sought revenge on his acquaintance, Fortunato, for an unspecified insult.

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.

🙎🏻‍♂️
Montresor — narrator; cunning, manipulative, and vengeful.
🥴
Fortunato — wine connoisseur; prideful, easily manipulated, and intoxicated.
Montresor devised a plan to lure Fortunato into his family's catacombs under the pretense of verifying the authenticity of a cask of Amontillado, a rare and valuable wine. Fortunato, a known wine connoisseur, eagerly agreed to accompany Montresor to his vaults during a carnival celebration.

Upon arriving at the catacombs, Montresor led Fortunato deeper into the underground chambers, passing through walls of human remains and damp, nitre-covered walls. Despite Fortunato's persistent cough, Montresor encouraged him to continue, offering him more wine along the way. Eventually, they reached a small, hidden recess in the catacombs.

Montresor quickly chained Fortunato to the granite wall and began to seal him inside the niche with bricks and mortar. As the intoxication wore off, Fortunato realized the gravity of his situation and pleaded for his release. Montresor, however, continued to build the wall, taunting Fortunato with his own cries for help.

For the love of God, Montressor!

Once the wall was nearly complete, Fortunato laughed nervously, suggesting that it was all a joke and that they would laugh about it later. Montresor agreed, but continued to seal the niche. Fortunato's final plea was for the love of God, to which Montresor echoed the sentiment but received no response. Montresor called out to Fortunato one last time, but only the jingling of his carnival bells answered.

Montresor finished sealing the niche and left Fortunato to die in the catacombs. For fifty years, no one disturbed the hidden tomb, and Montresor's revenge remained a secret. In pace requiescat!

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