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The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado
Who is Fortunato?
-Fortunato means in (Italian for “fortunate”) wears the multi-coloured costume of the
Who is Montresor?
-Montresor, face covered in a black silk mask, Montresor represents not blind justice but
rather its Gothic opposite: biased revenge. The one who killed Fortunato.
What is Amontillado?
-Amontillado is a type of wine, specifically, a dry, red sherry, named after the Montilla
region of Spain. The reason this is significant, is that a cask of this type of wine is very
tempting to someone who is quite the fan of alcohol, as the one who had wronged the