He has harbored ill feelings towards Fortunato for a long time already, although showing only his good side to him. The story’s two central characters depict contrasting attributes that contribute to the themes of revenge, betrayal, imprudence, and death. It shows how retribution could lead to vengeance with death as the final option. The concept of death dangles from the beginning of the story until the end, which is not only about the death of one of the lead characters, but of the nobleman’s family members. Betrayal is also a central theme in the story as the narrator lured the trusting individual to check on a new batch of Amontillado, which was actually bait just so he could fulfill his evil plans. All throughout the story, it was never revealed what these remarks were, but which apparently wounded the narrator’s ego so much that he wanted to exact vengeance on the person. It tells of one man’s hatred against an unsuspecting individual, whom the narrator has been plotting to kill because of alleged insults the individual made towards him (Baraban 47). Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, The Cask of Amontillado, is a confession of a murder that occurred 50 years prior, whereby the narrator was never caught or tried despite his wrongdoing.
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