o the carnival. Before he left for the carnival he says to his servants, “I should not return until the morning”(77) he knew if he says this they would leave. When he got to the carnival he walked up to Fortunato and started talking to him about this amontillado he has. Some of the things Montresor says are hard to understand because he says them but does not mean them. When Montresor chains Fortunato to the wall he says one last time, “let me implore you to return”(79); He says this more like a joke, it means nothing. Montresor has let his pride destroy any shred of goodness that he has. He never gets emotional and he is very calm at what he is doing, like it was planned out exactly. Montresor deceives Fortunato; he went out of his way to seem nice. He told Fortunato that he has amontillado and then sought revenge against Fortunato while he was drunk and didn’t know what was going on. Montresor is a tempter figure and Fortunato is a moral fool whose own desires, (pride and gluttony) motivate him. Fortunato is in a way responsible for his own death; he was drunk, ignorant, proud and trusted Montresor too much. Fortunato let his gluttony get the best of him. Fortunato was also being stubbornThe way that Montresor sought his revenge was barbaric, and doing it while the other person could not fight back is weak. Throughout the story Montresor’s character is displayed like he cares for Fortunato but he is just doing these things to get him to go to he catacombs with him. Montresor in the end when Fortunato was dead, Montresor walks away saying “In pace requiescat”(75), may he rest in peace. Montresor does not really care if he is at peace now. He just does not want to get caught. With Fortunado dead and buried, Montresor has won. Thanks to his deception he has the revenge he wanted for so long. There are no more insults or injuries for Montresor to tolerate. Fortunato is dead, never to be seen...
