The Cask Of Amontillado And Porphyrias Lover - 1792 Words

Betrayal, a small word, with a big price. A price that one person always has to pay, while the other person stands there as if he was a salesman, hounding that individual until he got what he wanted. The idea of betrayal and it’s consequences are shown in the short story, â€Å"The Cask of Amontillado,† by Edgar Allan Poe, and the poem, â€Å"Porphyria’s Lover,† by Robert Browning. In, The Cask of Amontillado, Fortunato was the buyer, and Montresor was the salesman. Montresor reeled in Fortunato, using Amontillado, a certain type of wine, as the bait. Montresor brought Fortunato deep inside the lifeless walls of the catacombs, where he was supposed to find the Amontillado. Little did he know that he was staring death right in the face. With†¦show more content†¦The short story, The Cask of Amontillado, the author presents two characters that have an unannounced feud, Montresor, and Fortunato. Montresor has such hate and discrepancy towards Fortu nato, that, â€Å"at length, (he) would be avenged,† (Poe 372). Montresor, claiming to be Fortunato’s friend, had planned out the perfect trap for Fortunato’s awaited death. Fortunato was lead deep inside the dark catacombs, where Montresor chained up his scared and shaky figure. Montresor started to build the wall back up to hide Fortunato, when he started talking to him. Fortunato was laughing, almost as if he was trying to convince himself that it was only a joke, that he was just being messed with. After Montresor and Fortunato exchanged a few more words, Montresor called his name one last time, and â€Å"there came forth in return only a jingling of bells,† (Poe 379). The bells in this represent almost a childish demeanor, to show that Fortunato was clueless and vulnerable, as if he was a child. Montresor saw this as an opportunity took advantage of it, betraying him andShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of Edgar Allan Poe And The Cask Of Amontillado1358 Wor ds   |  6 Pagesthink is good, is actually the type of person in which you had thought them out to be? And how can you tell this, before someone gets hurt? In The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, Fortunato starts to view the speaker as a friend, and then he was tricked and killed, just so that the speaker could get his revenge on him. Likewise, in Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning, the girl was killed by the guy that she loved, because he wanted her to stay loving him forever, and he wanted the moment to