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-->'''Montresor''': My poor friend was unable to answer me for some time.
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-->'''Montresor''': My poor friend was unable found it impossible to answer me reply for some time.many minutes.
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Mercy Kill?
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** May instead be a [[MercyKill Mercy Kill]], as the torch makes it far more likely Fortunato will asphyxiate.
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Luchresi, not Luchesi. Also two instances of "Montressor".
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* TheGhost: Luchesi, a fellow wine aficionado and acquaintance to both Montresor and Fortunato. Montresor lures Fortunato deeper into the catacombs by frequently claiming he'll get Luchesi to do the tasting, [[{{Hypocrite}} which only makes the latter want the Amontillado more because he thinks Luchesi is a drunk and won't be able to savor it.]]
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* TheGhost: Luchesi, Luchresi, a fellow wine aficionado and acquaintance to both Montresor and Fortunato. Montresor lures Fortunato deeper into the catacombs by frequently claiming he'll get Luchesi Luchresi to do the tasting, [[{{Hypocrite}} which only makes the latter want the Amontillado more because he thinks Luchesi Luchresi is a drunk and won't be able to savor it.]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: It's pretty ballsy for Fortunato to call Luchesi a drunk who doesn't appreciate fine wine when he himself is hammered on the stuff.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: It's pretty ballsy for Fortunato to call Luchesi Luchresi a drunk who doesn't appreciate fine wine when he himself is hammered on the stuff.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know. [[note]]Then again, what he ''might'' mean is that Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from "normal" sherry (presumably the more common fino), the same way one might not be able to tell prosecco from champagne, despite the fact that both are sparkling white wines.[[/note]] Additionally, the mere focus of the story is on Fortunato being willing to get drunk off his ass and chug expensive wine anyway, which is definitely not the actions of a great connoisseur.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi Luchresi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know. [[note]]Then again, what he ''might'' mean is that Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from "normal" sherry (presumably the more common fino), the same way one might not be able to tell prosecco from champagne, despite the fact that both are sparkling white wines.[[/note]] Additionally, the mere focus of the story is on Fortunato being willing to get drunk off his ass and chug expensive wine anyway, which is definitely not the actions of a great connoisseur.
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* OffscreenVillainy: Montressor [[UnreliableNarrator claims]] that Fortunato has been generally horrible to him and the last straw was some unspecified insult. Onscreen, the worst he does is be a pretentious drunk and insult a couple people while wasted.
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* OffscreenVillainy: Montressor Montresor [[UnreliableNarrator claims]] that Fortunato has been generally horrible to him and the last straw was some unspecified insult. Onscreen, the worst he does is be a pretentious drunk and insult a couple people while wasted.
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* ReversePsychology: Montresor has made sure his servants leave his mansion for the night by explicitly telling them ''not'' to stir from the house in his absence, and he persuades Fortunato to keep going deeper into the cellars by telling him that he will just ask Luchesi instead, a man Fortunato feels is an inferior connoisseur of wines.
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* ReversePsychology: Montresor has made sure his servants leave his mansion for the night by explicitly telling them ''not'' to stir from the house in his absence, and he persuades Fortunato to keep going deeper into the cellars by telling him that he will just ask Luchesi Luchresi instead, a man Fortunato feels is an inferior connoisseur of wines.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Finnish translation from 1959 has Luchesi's (the wine aficionado Montresor mentions) name spelled as Luchresi.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Finnish translation from 1959 has Luchesi's Luchresi's (the wine aficionado Montresor mentions) name spelled as Luchresi.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Some friend Montresor turned out to be. Montressor also claims that Fortunato was also this, though it seems unlikely that whatever he did justified ''being buried alive''.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Some friend Montresor turned out to be. Montressor Montresor also claims that Fortunato was also this, though it seems unlikely that whatever he did justified ''being buried alive''.
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[[TheCakeIsALie Montresor lures Fortunato by telling him he has obtained a pipe of Amontillado sherry.]] He mentions obtaining confirmation of the pipe's contents by inviting [[TheGhost a fellow wine aficionado, Luchesi,]] for a private tasting. Not one to be made better of, Fortunato goes with Montresor to the wine cellars of the latter's house, where they wander in the catacombs. [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy Montresor keeps giving Fortunato drinks to keep him drunk,]] finally arriving at a niche, where Montresor tells his friend that the Amontillado is within. Fortunato enters drunk and unsuspecting, allowing Montresor to chain him to the wall.
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[[TheCakeIsALie Montresor lures Fortunato by telling him he has obtained a pipe of Amontillado sherry.]] He mentions obtaining confirmation of the pipe's contents by inviting [[TheGhost a fellow wine aficionado, Luchesi,]] Luchresi,]] for a private tasting. Not one to be made better of, Fortunato goes with Montresor to the wine cellars of the latter's house, where they wander in the catacombs. [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy Montresor keeps giving Fortunato drinks to keep him drunk,]] finally arriving at a niche, where Montresor tells his friend that the Amontillado is within. Fortunato enters drunk and unsuspecting, allowing Montresor to chain him to the wall.
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* EvilGloating:
** A narration by a Villain Protagonist fifty years after the fact could hardly be anything less.
** Notably though, in the story, Fortunato actually comes to the realization that this is actually what Montresor wants. Montresor doesn't want to murder Fortunato as much as he wants the psychological satisfaction of seeing and hearing him squirm as it dawns on him that he is going to die a slow death and he was so easily tricked into walking into this situation, and mocking him for it. In a final act of defiance, Fortunato refuses to play along at the end, and replaces his panic with cold silence. This silence catches Montresor off-balance, and its evident from narration that he was very confused and annoyed at being robbed of the chance to gloat properly, and even begins to feel "sick at heart" about what he is doing, because the sudden silence gives him no recourse but to actually consider the gravity of the act he is about to carry out. And even those fifty years later, there are still clear hints of Montresor being somewhat bitter about the fact Fortunato managed to outwit him at the end by taking all the fun out of his revenge.
** A narration by a Villain Protagonist fifty years after the fact could hardly be anything less.
** Notably though, in the story, Fortunato actually comes to the realization that this is actually what Montresor wants. Montresor doesn't want to murder Fortunato as much as he wants the psychological satisfaction of seeing and hearing him squirm as it dawns on him that he is going to die a slow death and he was so easily tricked into walking into this situation, and mocking him for it. In a final act of defiance, Fortunato refuses to play along at the end, and replaces his panic with cold silence. This silence catches Montresor off-balance, and its evident from narration that he was very confused and annoyed at being robbed of the chance to gloat properly, and even begins to feel "sick at heart" about what he is doing, because the sudden silence gives him no recourse but to actually consider the gravity of the act he is about to carry out. And even those fifty years later, there are still clear hints of Montresor being somewhat bitter about the fact Fortunato managed to outwit him at the end by taking all the fun out of his revenge.
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* EvilGloating:
**EvilGloating: A narration by a Villain Protagonist fifty years after the fact could hardly be anything less.
**less than a good-old-fashioned villainous gloat session. Notably though, in the story, Fortunato actually comes to the realization that this is actually what Montresor wants. Montresor doesn't want to murder Fortunato as much as he wants the psychological satisfaction of seeing and hearing him squirm mocking his anguished cries as it dawns on him that he is going to die a slow death and he was so easily tricked into walking into this situation, and mocking him for it. dying a slow death. In a final act of defiance, Fortunato refuses to play along at the end, along, and replaces his panic with cold silence. This silence catches Montresor off-balance, and its it's evident from narration that he was very confused and annoyed at being robbed of the chance to gloat properly, and properly. He even begins to feel "sick at heart" about what he is doing, because the sudden silence gives him no recourse but to actually consider the gravity of the act he is about to carry out. And even Even those fifty years later, there are still clear hints of Montresor being somewhat bitter about the fact Fortunato managed to outwit him at the end by taking all the fun out of his revenge.
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** Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know. [[note]]Then again, what he ''might'' mean is that Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from "normal" sherry (presumably the more common fino), the same way one might not be able to tell prosecco from champagne, despite the fact that both are sparkling white wines.[[/note]] Additionally, the mere focus of the story is on Fortunato being willing to get drunk off his ass and chug expensive wine anyway.
** Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know. [[note]]Then again, what he ''might'' mean is that Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from "normal" sherry (presumably the more common fino), the same way one might not be able to tell prosecco from champagne, despite the fact that both are sparkling white wines.[[/note]] Additionally, the mere focus of the story is on Fortunato being willing to get drunk off his ass and chug expensive wine anyway.
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**KnowNothingKnowItAll: Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know. [[note]]Then again, what he ''might'' mean is that Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from "normal" sherry (presumably the more common fino), the same way one might not be able to tell prosecco from champagne, despite the fact that both are sparkling white wines.[[/note]] Additionally, the mere focus of the story is on Fortunato being willing to get drunk off his ass and chug expensive wine anyway.anyway, which is definitely not the actions of a great connoisseur.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know. Then again, what he ''might'' mean is that Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from "normal" sherry (presumably the more common fino), the same way one might not be able to tell prosecco from champagne, despite the fact that both are sparkling white wines.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: KnowNothingKnowItAll:
** Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know.Then [[note]]Then again, what he ''might'' mean is that Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from "normal" sherry (presumably the more common fino), the same way one might not be able to tell prosecco from champagne, despite the fact that both are sparkling white wines.[[/note]] Additionally, the mere focus of the story is on Fortunato being willing to get drunk off his ass and chug expensive wine anyway.
** Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know.
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* AmbiguousSituation: One of the most discussed aspects of the story is the end when Fortunato gives Montresor no final response before he is walled up completely. Is he too terrified? Or is he refusing to give Montresor any final satisfaction over his death? Even Montresor himself doesn't seem to know.
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* AmbiguousSituation: One of the most discussed aspects of the story is the end when Fortunato gives Montresor no final response before he is walled up completely. Is he too terrified? Or is he refusing to give Montresor any final satisfaction over his death? Or is he already dead? Even Montresor himself doesn't seem to know.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know. Then again, what he ''might'' mean is that Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from normal sherry, the same way one might not be able to tell prosecco from champagne, despite the fact that both are sparkling white wines.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know. Then again, what he ''might'' mean is that Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from normal sherry, "normal" sherry (presumably the more common fino), the same way one might not be able to tell prosecco from champagne, despite the fact that both are sparkling white wines.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[IronicEcho Yes, for the love of God...]]''[[note]]We are aware the wine in this picture is the wrong color for an amontillado sherry. [[SymbolicBlood Still the right color for the story, though...[[/note]] ]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[IronicEcho Yes, for the love of God...]]''[[note]]We are aware the wine in this picture is the wrong color for an amontillado sherry. [[SymbolicBlood Still the right color for the story, though...[[/note]] ]]
though]]...[[/note]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[IronicEcho Yes, for the love of God...]]''[[note]]We are aware the wine in this picture is the wrong color for an amontillado sherry. [[SymbolicBlood Still the right color for the story, though...[[/note]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[IronicEcho Yes, for the love of God...]]'']]
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]]''[[note]]We are aware the wine in this picture is the wrong color for an amontillado sherry. [[SymbolicBlood Still the right color for the story, though...[[/note]]]
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know. Then again, what he ''might'' mean is that Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from normal cherry, the same way one might not be able to tell prosecco from champagne, despite the fact that both are sparkling white wines.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know. Then again, what he ''might'' mean is that Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from normal cherry, sherry, the same way one might not be able to tell prosecco from champagne, despite the fact that both are sparkling white wines.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Montresor has a very dry, cruel wit. When Fortunato experiences a coughing fit:
-->'''Montresor''': My poor friend was unable to answer me for some time.
-->'''Montresor''': My poor friend was unable to answer me for some time.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Fortunato repeatedly dismisses Luchesi as an inferior connoisseur of wine who "cannot tell Amontillado from sherry" when in fact Amontillado ''is'' a type of sherry, which one would assume a self-proclaimed connoisseur like Fortunato (even while drunk) would know. Then again, what he ''might'' mean is that Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from normal cherry, the same way one might not be able to tell prosecco from champagne, despite the fact that both are sparkling white wines.
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* {{Narcissist}}: Hinted to be the case with Montresor. Not only does he possess a great deal of aristocratic pride, but he feels validated in killing a man over a perceived and possibly even entirely imagined insult.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Montresor feels sick at heart after hearing Fortunato's bells jingle for the last time, but dismisses it as being caused by the dampness of the catacombs.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Montresor feels sick at heart after hearing Fortunato's bells jingle for the last time, but dismisses it as being caused by the dampness of the catacombs.catacombs and finishes walling Fortunato up before replacing the bones at it.
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* RetiredMonster: Montresor is relating the story to someone fifty years after the fact, meaning he ''has'' to be an old man by this point.
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* KarmaHoudini: Montresor gets clean away with murdering Fortunato and lives a good fifty years. [[DeathByAdaptation Some adaptations remedy this.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Montresor gets clean away with murdering Fortunato and lives a good fifty years. [[DeathByAdaptation Some adaptations remedy this.]]]] {{Invoked}} by Mortresor himself in the narration, stating that being this is a ''requirement'' for successful revenge.
-->''"A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes the redresser."''
-->''"A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes the redresser."''
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** There's also Montresor's coat of arms with the motto (in Latin) "No man attacks me with impunity". And not long after that, Montresor confirms that he is descended from a line of stonemasons. Really, the guy was dropping so many hints of what was to come that Fortunato arguably falls into TooDumbToLive territory.
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** There's also Montresor's coat of arms with the motto (in Latin) "No man attacks me with impunity". And not long after that, Montresor confirms that responds to Fortunato's claim he is descended not a mason (as in a Freemason) by suddenly producing a trowel from a line of stonemasons. his coat, the very item he intends to use to wall Fortunato up in the crypt and something most people would ''not'' just be carrying around unless they intended to use it in some way. Really, the guy was dropping so many hints of what was to come that Fortunato arguably falls into TooDumbToLive territory.territory even with how drunk he was.
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* DownerEnding: Montresor gets away with murdering Fortunato scot-free.
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* EvilGloating: A narration by a Villain Protagonist fifty years after the fact could hardly be anything less.
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* EvilGloating: EvilGloating:
** A narration by a Villain Protagonist fifty years after the fact could hardly be anything less.
** A narration by a Villain Protagonist fifty years after the fact could hardly be anything less.
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* FamousLastWords: Fortunato's last words, at least as far as Montresor knows, are, "For the love of God, Montresor!"
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Fortunato doesn’t seem to remember what he even did to incur Montresor’s wrath. Interestingly, the trope’s use here is not to highlight Fortunato’s callousness or carelessness, but to emphasize that Montresor [[DisproportionateRetribution has been making a big deal out of nothing this whole time]].
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* TheBadGuyWins[=/=]DownerEnding: It's hard to imagine what kind of offence Fortunato might have committed that would justify Montresor's [[DisproportionateRetribution horrific revenge]], so Montresor is most likely a VillainProtagonist. And he not only kills Fortunato, [[KarmaHoudini he gets away scot free]].
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* TheBadGuyWins[=/=]DownerEnding: TheBadGuyWins: It's hard to imagine what kind of offence Fortunato might have committed that would justify Montresor's [[DisproportionateRetribution horrific revenge]], so Montresor is most likely a VillainProtagonist. And he not only kills Fortunato, [[KarmaHoudini he gets away scot free]].
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* OffscreenVillainy: What Montresor claims Fortunato did, anyway.
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* OffscreenVillainy: What Montresor claims Montressor [[UnreliableNarrator claims]] that Fortunato did, anyway.has been generally horrible to him and the last straw was some unspecified insult. Onscreen, the worst he does is be a pretentious drunk and insult a couple people while wasted.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Some friend Montresor turned out to be.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Some friend Montresor turned out to be. Montressor also claims that Fortunato was also this, though it seems unlikely that whatever he did justified ''being buried alive''.
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* SecretHandshake: Montresor is asked by Fortunado to give the Freemason's handshake, but cannot, since he is not a part of the secret society.
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* SecretHandshake: Montresor is asked by Fortunado Fortunato to give the Freemason's handshake, but cannot, since he is not a part of the secret society.
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* EvilIsPetty: Montresor murders Fortunato in an extremely cruel manner for merely offending him (and quite possibly not even intentionally at that).
* FauxAffablyEvil: Montresor's behavior zig-zags between this trope and [[AffablyEvil more genuine affability,]] though the former seems to win out. While Montresor's narration maintains a polite enough tone throughout, calling Fortunato "his poor friend" at several points, his jovial attitude towards Fortunato in-story- amicably joking with his friend and expressing numerous concerns about his health- is all an act to lure Fortunato further into the crypt.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Montresor's behavior zig-zags between this trope and [[AffablyEvil more genuine affability,]] though the former seems to win out. While Montresor's narration maintains a polite enough tone throughout, calling Fortunato "his poor friend" at several points, his jovial attitude towards Fortunato in-story- amicably joking with his friend and expressing numerous concerns about his health- is all an act to lure Fortunato further into the crypt.
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* EvilIsPetty: Montresor murders Fortunato in an extremely cruel manner for merely offending him (and quite possibly not even intentionally at that).
* FauxAffablyEvil: Montresor's behavior zig-zags between this trope and [[AffablyEvil more genuine affability,]] though the former seems to win out. While Montresor's narration maintains a polite enough tone throughout, calling Fortunato "his poor friend" at several points, his jovial attitude towards Fortunato in-story- amicably joking with his friend and expressing numerous concerns about his health- is all an act to lure Fortunato further into the crypt.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Montresor's behavior zig-zags between this trope and [[AffablyEvil more genuine affability,]] though the former seems to win out. While Montresor's narration maintains a polite enough tone throughout, calling Fortunato "his poor friend" at several points, his jovial attitude towards Fortunato in-story- amicably joking with his friend and expressing numerous concerns about his health- is all an act to lure Fortunato further into the crypt.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Montresor's behavior zig-zags between this trope and [[AffablyEvil more genuine affability,]] though the former seems to win out. While Montresor's narration maintains a polite enough tone throughout, calling Fortunato "his poor friend" at several points, his jovial attitude towards Fortunato in-story- amicably joking with his friend and expressing numerous concerns about his health- is all an act to lure Fortunato further into the crypt.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: This exchange. [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy Fortunato fails to realize there's something going on because he's so drunk.]]
-->'''Fortunato''': I drink...to the buried that repose around us.\\
-->'''Fortunato''': I drink...to the buried that repose around us.\\
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** This exchange. [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy Fortunato fails to realize there's something going on because he's so drunk.]]
-->'''Fortunato''': --->'''Fortunato''': I drink...to the buried that repose around us.\\
** This exchange. [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy Fortunato fails to realize there's something going on because he's so drunk.]]
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-->'''Montresor:''' ''True.''
-->'''Montresor:''' ''True.''
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'''Montresor:''' ''True.''
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* LiteralMinded: When Montresor says "Yes, for the love of God!" Fortunato takes this to mean that he's doing it for his love for God.
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* MurderIsTheBestSolution: your buddy (maybe) insult you? Wall him up in a tomb and leave him to die. That's the ticket.
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* MurderIsTheBestSolution: your Your buddy (maybe) insult you? Wall him up in a tomb and leave him to die. That's the ticket.
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** Notably though, in the story, Fortunato actually comes to the realization that this is actually what Montresor wants. Montresor doesn't want to murder Fortunato as much as he wants the psychological satesfaction of seeing and hearing him squirm as it dawns on him that he is going to die a slow death and he was so easily tricked into walking into this situation, and mocking him for it. In a final act of defiance, Fortunato refuses to play along at the end, and replaces his panic with cold silence. This silence catches Montresor off-balance, and its evident from narration that he was very confused and annoyed at being robbed of the chance to gloat properly, and even begins to feel "sick at heart" about what he is doing, because the sudden silence gives him no recourse but to actually consider the gravity of the act he is about to carry out. And even those fifty years later, there are still clear hints of Montresor being somewhat bitter about the fact Fortunato managed to outwit him at the end by taking all the fun out of his revenge.
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** Notably though, in the story, Fortunato actually comes to the realization that this is actually what Montresor wants. Montresor doesn't want to murder Fortunato as much as he wants the psychological satesfaction satisfaction of seeing and hearing him squirm as it dawns on him that he is going to die a slow death and he was so easily tricked into walking into this situation, and mocking him for it. In a final act of defiance, Fortunato refuses to play along at the end, and replaces his panic with cold silence. This silence catches Montresor off-balance, and its evident from narration that he was very confused and annoyed at being robbed of the chance to gloat properly, and even begins to feel "sick at heart" about what he is doing, because the sudden silence gives him no recourse but to actually consider the gravity of the act he is about to carry out. And even those fifty years later, there are still clear hints of Montresor being somewhat bitter about the fact Fortunato managed to outwit him at the end by taking all the fun out of his revenge.
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The Freemasons were a secret society, not a cult, and there is no mention of Fortunato's "sudden wealth and popularity" in the text.
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* {{Cult}}: One of the reasons considered for Fortunato's sudden wealth and popularity is the fact that he has joined the Freemasons, something he holds over Montresor's head when he finds out he's not a member.
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* AssholeVictim: At least this is what Montresor claims Fortunato is. We get no info on any supposed insults and Montresor is not exactly the most reliable narrator.
** Though if the narration of the events being told is more accurate than the imagined slight, Fortunato is at the very least a rather obnoxious drunkard and isn't above mocking Montresor for not being a Freemason.
** Though if the narration of the events being told is more accurate than the imagined slight, Fortunato is at the very least a rather obnoxious drunkard and isn't above mocking Montresor for not being a Freemason.
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* AssholeVictim: At least this is what Montresor claims Fortunato is. We get no info on any supposed insults and Montresor is not exactly the most reliable narrator.
**narrator. Though if the narration of the events being told is more accurate than the imagined slight, Fortunato is at the very least a rather obnoxious drunkard and isn't above mocking Montresor for not being a Freemason.
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