It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. AT LENGTH I would be avenged this was a point definitively settled - but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. Minimal TEI tagging and spell-check added new Commercial use prohibited. September 1993 October 1992 Kelly Tetterton. Spell-check and verification made against printed text fiction prose He replaces the bones of the crypt.The Cask of Amontillado The Cask of Amontillado Poe, Edgar AllanĬreation of machine-readable version: Judy Boss.Ĭonversion to TEI-conformant markup: University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center. Montresor walks away with only the sound of Fortunato’s jingling jester bells echoing in the tomb. Montresor shackles Fortunato inside, and begins to seal up the wall with bricks.Īs the last few bricks are laid, Fortunato screams for Montresor to stop, but it is too late. When they reach their destination, there is no Amontillado, but there is a hole in the wall. Fortunato continues to drink wine to ease his cough.
As suspense builds, Montresor keeps asking if Fortunato would like to turn back because he seems ill. Montresor lures Fortunato down into the dark and eerie wine vault.
Although, he doesn't tell the reader what Fortunato has done, he makes it known that it was unforgivable. The narrator, Montresor, claims that Fortunato has gravely insulted him, and is plotting to get his revenge. It is late at night and Fortunato seems ill. However, this bottle is in his catacombs. During Carnival in Italy, Montresor runs into Fortunato, and offers to share a very nice bottle of Amontillado wine with him.
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