Protagonists Montresor and Fortunato in Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado
... wanted as well as being a member of mason. Montressor considered himself a "skillful"(Sipiora 240)connisseur and "bought whenever he could"(Sipiora 240). Yet, Montressor felt Fortunato was "resposnsible for his loss of status, happiness, love and respect"(Platizky 207). To annailate his enemy, Montressor lured his friend to his unsuspecting death by enticing him to sample a bottle of Amontillad.Montressor's revenge was implemnted with the sealing of Fortunato in the vault. By doing the deed, Montressor felt that "Fortunato is deprived of everything"(Gruesser 129). Fifty years later, Montressor is reinerating the encounter by confessing his present obsession of the revenge on Fortunato without the presence of remorese. However, Fortunato appeared to have the presence of naivity. He was a proud, prosperous man that "prided himself in his connisseurship in wine"(Sipiora 240). His abliity to taste the wine and distingiush the difference was magnified when he stated " Luchesi cannot tell Amontillad from Sherry"(Sipiora 241). Fortunato enjoyed life and fun for he was at the carnival dressed as a jester with bells on his hat. He was "respected and feared"(Sipiora 210). On one hand,he was willing to give up an appointment as well as to leave the carnival to help out a friend in need. Fortunato's strong will for enduring the damp, cold, the smell of nitre,with the inability to barely keep up with his friend and the cough he had in the vault proved his loyalty to his friend Montressor. On the other hand, Fortunato's drunkness due t...