Essay of : The Cask of Amontillado The narrator's attitude toward Forunato is unforgiving, angry, and cold hearted. It is evident because he had vowed to get revenge. He wanted to punish Fortunato so he punishes him in away that his pain is as painful as he had felt, he was two faced. Generally speaking, Montresor had vowed to get revenge on Fortunao. Montresor states, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.” (Page 9). In arguing this claim, Montresor argues that, he wants revenge, but not because of the injuries, he wants revenge because of the of the insult. Montresor thinks that Fortunato knew what he was doing and what he was risking but Fortunato had chosen to insult him. Montresor was angry at Fortunato for what he had done, he wasn't willing to forgive Fortunato. However, he wanted to punish Fortunato so he punishes him in away that his pain is a painful as he had felt. As claimed by Montresor, “I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done wrong.” (Page 9). In other words, the narrator asserts that Montresor needs to punish Fortunato in a way, but escape the punishment that is to come if Montresor gets caught. If Montresor was to be caught the wrong wouldn't be set right, also the wrong-doer Fortunato in this case, wouldn't be set right if he didn't know that Montresor was the avenger. In this situation, We all know that by now Montresor is two faced. The narrator explains, “It must be understood the neither by
