The Cask of Amontillado is a scary short story where Edgar Allan Poe uses a lot of irony and symbolism, which centered on the theme of revenge, love and hate, the power of the dead over the living, and pride. The main character and narrator, Montresor, feels that he has been wronged by a friend, Fortunato, so in order to make things right, in his mind, he must seek vengeance against the man. Montresor entices Fortunato, the wine taster into his family tomb with the offer of tasting a dry Sherry of Amontillado. In the catacombs, he walls in the unfortunate Fortunato.
             Through telling the story through the eyes of an unreliable narrator and the use of irony, Poe makes the reader examine the internal mental process of a man over the top. From the first line of the story, his readers already notice that the narrator is completely straightforward with his audience. He exclaims; "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge." Not just that, but also Poe uses a dramatic irony as described when Montressor expresses his apprehension about Fortunato's health by saying, "Come", he said, with decision, "we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, and beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no it is any mater. We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible. Besides, there is Luchesi...." In this page of the story, both the reader and Montresor know of his plan of murder about Fortunato when he comes down into the catacombs in search for the wine. But, Fortunato does not think that Montresor will do anything to hurt him. Ironically, Montresor could care less of Fortunato's health; instead he is concerned about his own benefit of operation by luring him into the catacombs to go on with his plan. Montresor wants to be responsible for Fortunato's death be...