The unique burial is itself a sort of dramatic irony.Ģ. He “vowed revenge.” He deliciously relishes the fortune of Fortunants. Determined in avenging his strange motive, he has a Machiavellian psyche, though he has endured “the thousand injures of Fortunates”. He is a skilled utilizer of the twilight dusk. His predecessors can be detected in the Jacobean Revenge Tragedies of England. Having no regret, he reveals the story of revenge fifty years later.Ī subtle manger of macabre setting and situations, Montresor is a ruthless, quick-witted, planner with careful manipulating power of revenge-taking. Montresor is made of different metal than generally met with Poe’s horror fiction. He lures his friend into the deepest catacombs beneath the ‘palazzo’, chains him to the walk of a small alcove, seals him in behind a new brick wall, in spite of Fortunato’s fervent appeal for mercy and leaves him to court death. His planning of revenge-taking is in Jacobean spirit. He cherished a grudge against Fortunato who has been engaged in several offences against him. His speeches are interspersed with Latin and French phrases. He hails from an established wealthy family, living in a large “palazzo” with a staff of servants. He, the teller of the tale, narrates the story of his killing Fortunato fifty years before. The very name ‘ Monstresor’ means ‘my treasure’.
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