o Luchresi. Montresor sounds concerned about Fortunatos health up until his final act of revenge.Montresors family crest is a human foot crushing a serpent. The family motto reads, No one challenges me with impunity. This translates into Montresor being the human foot that is crushing Fortunato. Montresor did not let Fortunato get away with whatever insult he gave to him. This is what makes revenge part of Montresors nature. If this were what he believes in, then of course he would not feel guilty about it. Montresor says to Fortunato, You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy as I once was. This could lead a reader to believe that Montresor killed Fortunato because it made him feel more powerful. That may have been what made him happy. Perhaps that is why he took his precious time putting the last stone in the wall. He was enjoying what he had done.Montresors well-planned and executed act of revenge still sounds so matter of fact some fifty years later as he is telling his story to someone. As he is finishing the story, he points out that no one has run across the rock walled tomb where he left Fortunato. Montresor does not seem to convey any guilt as he finishes his story with, May he rest in peace!...
