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Cask Of The Amontillado Guilt Analysis

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Poe is very unpredictable of what he is going to do, like killing. Character, plot, and conflict of Edgar Allen Poe’s ( Best known for poetry and short stories.) horror fiction short stories. Cast of the Amontillado, The Tell-Tale heart, and The Raven. Wich all reveal the effects of guilt. Common sense seems to show that character reveals theme in Cask of the Amontillado through how Montresor gets killed. Poe is very dark, has an ill temper and seems to have joy in killing people but later regrets. “No answer.” This shows that Montresor killed Fortunato. As Montresor was building the wall, Fortunato was laughing because he thought it was a joke, although it really wasn 't. At the time Montresor didn’t care that he killed Fortunato

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