Montresor, the narrator, is in the act of
manipulating his rival, and apparent nemesis Fortunato; playing to the other mans
weakness
(Italian wines) and his acute gullibility. HeMontresor, that
isenjoys this charade, while luring
his associate to a certain
death.
Montresor rationalizes this act in real
time within
the story. Fortunatos insults to Monstresors person, both general and
specific
(though alluded to rather than detailed) have now mounted up to the
extent that he is determined
to mete out a comically, and disturbingly,
disproportionate revenge.
To some
extent, the reader must
identify with the murderer; were inside his head. The readers empathy
may
also jump to the other character, who, suspended in someone elses control, represents
all
unwitting victims, perhaps even ourselves at some future point.
What would be
a simpler human-on-human conflict is rendered more
dimensionally by of Poes deep dive into
aberrant psychology. In a way, is an
exploration of the tension of one character overpowered
by another characters
hidden machinations.
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