Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado" is
a tale of murder and revenge. The story depicts the revenge of Montresor against
Fortunato for "the thousand injuries" he committed against
him.
Montresor chooses to enact his revenge against
Fortunato during Carnival. Carnival is a time, typically in February, in which people
are able to celebrate excessively prior to lent. Many times, people go to extremes in
partaking of alcohol and food. People also dress up and wear masks. They are able to be
"something" or "someone" else during this period of celebration without worry of
criticism.
Overall, Fortunato possesses two "traits" which
make him an easy prey: being naive and being drunk. While both are not character traits,
unless you consider Fortunato to be an alcoholic, each allow Montresor to lure Fortunato
to his death.
Fortunato is drunk, given it is Carnival. He
has a love of great wine- which is how one could justify naming him as an alcoholic.
Since he is drunk, and a lover of great wines, Montresor is able to insure that
Fortunato will follow him into the catacombs.
Second,
Fortunato is naive. If he did enact a "thousand injuries" against Montresor, he should
be more weary about Montresor. Instead, he trusts Montresor
completely.
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