Characters & Relationships
Who does Montresor want revenge on?
Who is Fortunato?
What drink lures Fortunato into the catacombs?
What is amontillado?
During what celebration does the story begin?
What is a carnival?
What literary device is shown when Montresor says he cares about Fortunato’s health?
What is irony?
What major theme drives Montresor’s actions?
What is revenge?
What is Fortunato dressed as during carnival?
What is a jester/clown?
What underground place do they travel through?
What are the catacombs?
What does Montresor claim he needs Fortunado's help for?
What is to verify the wine?
What mood is created by the catacombs?
What is suspenseful/dark/creepy?
What human attribute leads Fortunato into danger?
What is pride/ego?
What does Montresor claim Fortunato insulted?
What are “a thousand injuries” and an insult?
What does Fortunato’s jester costume symbolize?
What is foolishness/mockery?
What illness does Fortunato have underground?
What is a cough?
What type of narrator tells the story?
What is first-person?
How specifically does pride contribute to Fortunato’s downfall?
What is he wants to prove his wine knowledge?
Why does Fortunato follow Montresor underground?
What is to taste the amontillado?
What do the chains symbolize/do in the story?
What is imprisonment/trap?
What does Montresor build at the end of the story?
What is a brick wall?
What literary device is the repeated mention of Fortunato’s cough?
What is foreshadowing?
What does the story suggest about revenge?
What is revenge can corrupt people?
What family motto motivates Montresor’s actions?
What is “Nemo me impune lacessit”?
What word can describe the symbolic meaning of the Amontillado
What is temptation or deception?
What final realization does Fortunato seem to have?
What is that Montresor plans to kill him?
Why might Montresor considered an unreliable narrator?
What is because the story is only from his perspective?
What message does Poe give about deception and trust?
What is trusting the wrong person blindly can be dangerous?