other, they accosted much warmth. However, dramatic irony is used to show that the reader knows what is going to happen and not the characters. Montresor is really pleased to see Fortunato because he is going to kill him. The satire comes into place when Fortunato is seen as a jester, who is going to be made a "fool" of. According to Stepp, "Fortunato is broadly drawn as a character entirely befitting his carnival motley...certainly no
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