Montresor the Connoisseur of Revenge
             Edgar Allen Poe has always created very distinguished narrators. In "Tell Tale Heart" he creates a cunning narrator who goes crazy over the old man's eye. Another story he wrote, "The Cast of Amontillado", he creates a deranged narrator, Montresor, who is a malicious maven of revenge. Montresor has a family motto, which reflects his revengeful nature "No one attacks me with impunity."(Poe 4). In "The Cast of Amontillado" he fabricates a connoisseur of revenge through three aspects of revenge: planning ahead, knowledge of human nature and the love for annihilation.
             To be a connoisseur of revenge, planning becomes a major ingredient in his deed against Fortunato. Montresor does an expert job of preparing for the misdemeanor. During the carnival, he determines it the best time to commit his dreadful misdemeanor. He comes to this conclusion by knowing that no one will be aware of Fortunato's absence. To lure Fortunato into the catacombs, he tampers with Fortunato's self-centeredness through the talk of an Amontillado. "I am on my way to Luchesi."(2) "He will tell me-."(2). "Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry."(2) Knowing that during the carnival Fortunato will be thick with alcohol, Montresor situated bottles of wine to carry on the consumption of alcohol. "He raised it to his lips with a leer. He paused and nodded...""I drink,"(4). Montresor's malicious planning has him one step closer to being a connoisseur of revenge.
             As a master of revenge, Montresor has extensive knowledge of human nature. To get he servants out of the house that dreadful night, Montresor told them he would be out for the night. Knowing that the servants would abscond behind his back, he could now center the horrible deed in his mind. In another way that Montresor used his extensive scholarship ...