Insulted. Humiliated. Montresor has had enough. He must finally seek his revenge on Fortunato. He must find a way that will make his enemy suffer painfully, the same way he had Montresor suffer. The suspense rises as the story continues. The desire of revenge absorbs the readerfs mind into a story where evil triumphs over a fool. Throughout the story, elements of foreshadowing and irony hint at the final conclusion. This helps the reader to realize what the cruel narrator really wants. The strong irony in gThe Cask of Amontilladoh reveals the true intentions of the revengeful narrator.
             Montresor plays with Fortunatofs mind and connoisseurship with these ironic words: gMy friend, no; I will not impose upon your good nature. I perceive you have an engagement. Luchesi „Ÿh(Page 235). The reader can already hear the slow tone of Montresorfs voice in his ears; the type of voice no one can resist. Montresor doesnft really want to go and see Luchesi; he wants Fortunato to go. He knows that Fortunatofs expertise in wine tasting will lead to his downfall, so he pretends he wants Luchesi to identify the wine for him. But he really wants Fortunato to intervene and persuade him that he will be able to identify the wine better than Luchesi. He doesnft mean what he is saying. He really wants to kill Fortunato, but shows the complete opposite. Montresor is enticing him to his underground grave.
             Montresor continues with this kind of irony when they are in the catacombs. gCome,h I said, with decision, gwe will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible. Besides, there is Luchesi „Ÿh(Page 235). He is still playing with Fortunato because he doesnft mean what he is saying. He is hiding the fact that he is going
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