Why Does Montresor Want Revenge

Montresor tells his
audience that he wants to exact revenge on Fortunato as a result of some unspecified
"insult" to his person and "the thousand injuries" Fortunato has inflicted
upon him.  However, the story makes it seem as though it is both men's pride, in part, that
prompts Montresor to murder.  Montresor tells us that Fortunato "prided himself on his
connoisseurship in wine," and he plays on Fortunato's extreme pride, subtly offering him
the chance to flaunt his own expertise and laugh at Montresor's lesser skills, an opportunity he
knows Fortunato cannot pass up.  Fortunato even...