I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as my wont, to smile in his face." He uses Fortunato's connoisseurship of wine to lead him to his demise. Unsuspecting of what Montresor had planned, he was lured away from the carnival where they bumped into eachother to Montresor's catacombs where the cask of wine "from Montilla" was being stored to test it for quality.As the story develops, the reader can see that the death of Fortunato was well thought out. When they reach Jackson 3Montresor's home, all the servants had been released for the day. As they travel through the catacombs, Montresor keeps giving Fortunato samples of his wine in order to keep him drunk. He even displays condescending traits by acting concerned about Fortunato's cold by saying." your health is precious. (implying that the conditions of the catacombs weren't good for his health) You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are as happy as I once was. You are a man to be missed."In the end, Montresor succeeds in his plan of revenge on Fortunato. He bricks him up in a wall. One line in the story that peaked my interest most and reiterated to me what a dark character Montresor was stated, "For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them." Which tells me, he didn't speak of his deed for fifty years. He must of had a twisted mind to live with it that long. ...
