Why Does Montresor Hate Fortunato

In
"," we are never given a real reason as to why Montresor hates Fortunato. Montresor
seems like a person who has no conscience and cares little about what he does to other people.
He is just bent on revenge and takes all the necessary precautions to make sure he gets his
revenge on Fortunato.

"The thousand injuries of
Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventrued upon insult, I vowed
revenge."

This statement is the only clue we are
given about what Montresor feels towards Fortunato. The only thing we know is that there are
certain injuries that Montresor feels Fortunato has done to him. It is quite obvious that
Montresor is mentally not stable. What is even more disconcerting is the fact that he is
confessing to someone what he has done, and that whoever he is confessing to knows all about the
problems Montresor has. It is implied within the short story that Montresor has gotten away with
this kind of thing before, and he will more than likely get away with it
again.