The Revenge Factor

Term Paper Title	The Revenge Factor
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The Revenge Factor

     Poe�s story  �The Cask of Amontillado� is characterized by irony, and is filled with

trickery, deception, and revenge to explain the psychology of the characters.  The entire

story is based on revenge and trickery.  Not only does the main character want revenge,

but he wants to enjoy it.

     The two characters in �The Cask of Amontillado� are Fortunato and Montresor.

Fortunato is an eminently successful man.  He enjoys the good things in life, is clever and

has no scruples.  Montresor tells us that regarding paintings and gems he is a

complete quack.  But he does pride himself on his connoisseurship of wines. He is not

a man of taste or feeling, and has little regard for anything but the immediate facts of

material existence (�The Cask� 2).  Montresor like Poe, is a man of spirit.  When he

decides to take revenge, he enjoys every minute of it.  He plans revenge as if he were

creating a work of art.  The story is told through the eyes of Montresor (�The Cask� 2).

     Montresor  has been insulted by Fortunato and vows revenge.  He decides to

trick Fortunato in by telling him he has some wine to taste.  Like a fool, Fortunato

follows him down in his catacomb.  When Montresor presented Fortunato with the

wine, Fortunato raised it and said  �I drink to the buried that repose around us (Poe 2).�

Little did he know that he would soon join them.  This ...

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