The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe is a classic horror story about revenge. The story’s protagonist, Montresor, has been hurt and insulted by Fortunato and Montresor wants to take his revenge. He lures Fortunato into the catacombs of his palace, where he chains him up and leaves him to die. The Cask of … Read more
The Cask of Amontillado is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey’s Lady’s Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him. The … Read more
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is one of the most well-known and oft-cited works in American literature. The story, which was first published in 1846, tells the tale of Montresor, a man who takes revenge on his enemy, Fortunato, by luring him into a dark basement and walling him up alive. While the … Read more
