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... . Descriptions are given about room sizes, materials the walls are made of, objects in the room as well as the climate in the room. Poe describes the Montresor wine cellar and the wine kept in it. As the characters wander further into the catacomb he describes piles of bones against the walls and the cold damp air. It goes on describing the ... ...
... saying that Montresor can go back and get someone else to do what he was asked to do. Along with that when Montresor and Fortunato take a break and grab some wine that was already there in the catacombs and they both toast to Fortunato's long life. This is another case of verbal irony because Montresor is toasting to his long life ... ...
... , Montresor, feels that he has been wronged by a friend, Fortunato, so in order to make things right, in his mind, he must seek vengeance against the man. Montresor lures the wine aficionado into his family tomb with the offer of tasting a dry Sherry of Amontillado. When in the catacombs he walls in the unfortunate Fortunato. Through telling the story through the ... ...
... to make his vengeance known to Fortunato, the author's reference to masonry in his use of characterization, setting and irony indicates Montresor's motive for revenge. Fortunato throws back a bottle of wine in a "gesticulation Montresor did not understand," a sign of the Masons, a secret society of which he affirms he is a member (212). This passage from the story represents the main conflict between ... ...
