Mind of Montrosor

Page 1 ?Mind of Montresor? By: Chadir Shivers September 24, 2001 Page 2 In Edgar Allen Poe?s ?The Cask of Amontiallado?, the reader quickly realizes that Montresor is not a reliable narrator. In fact, he is repelled by several aspects of the Villiain?s character which heighten the effect of horror in the story. First, his motive was crazy, we know that Montresor could not be trusted. If there was a legitimate one, Fortunato would have been suspicious. …

…to go back, knowing furtunato would never go back because he wanted to keep his reputation as the best wine taster in page 3 the city. ?The cask of the Amontiallado? was in my opinion a horror story in a league in its own. Think about it, a crazy man, with a crazy motive to kill, made a brilliant plan and was successful at doing it. So here?s the question is Montressor crazy or evil?