edgar allan poe the cask of amontillado summary

As they walk down into the cellar, the narrator points out the nitre on the walls, which is a salt-like substance on the walls that makes it difficult to breathe. The narrator had told his servants that he wouldn't be home all evening, so they shouldn't leave, which he knew would ensure their immediate departure therefore, he has the house entirely to himself. They happily head toward the narrator's home. Fortunato insists that his cough is nothing he wants to taste the Amontillado, which the narrator knew he would. The narrator is reluctant because he notices that Fortunato has a cold, and he's worried about him going into his dark, damp cellar. The narrator mentions that he might ask Luchesi to taste the wine for him, but Fortunato insists that he should do it himself, and Luchesi is an idiot. However, he knows Fortunato is busy, and he doesn't want to bother him. He thinks he may have been swindled, and he wants a wine expert to taste it to verify that it is indeed Amontillado. The narrator tells Fortunato that he found a men who sold him what he believes is a pipe of Amontillado, an expensive Spanish wine. Fortunato is dressed as a jester while the narrator wears a long black cloak. He runs into Fortunato one night after Fortunato had been drinking at the carnival. The narrator explains that both he and Fortunato are connoisseurs of wine. The reader never finds out exactly what Fortunato has done to warrant this revenge, but the narrator does say that he had borne a 'thousand injuries' from him and that he was once happy like Fortunato. It is written from the first-person perspective of a man belonging to the Montresor family who is seeking revenge on his former friend, Fortunato. This story by Edgar Allan Poe takes place in Italy.

Edgar allan poe the cask of amontillado summary