Can anyone give me a summary of a ” Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe?
Montresor tells the story of the night, half a century before, that he took his revenge on Fortunato, a fellow nobleman. Angry over some unspecified insult, he plots to murder his friend during Carnival when the man is drunk, dizzy, and wearing a jester’s motley. He baits Fortunato by telling him he has obtained, out of season, what he believes to be a pipe of Amontillado (about 130 gallons), a particularly rare and valuable sherry wine. He isn’t sure, however, and wants his friend’s expert opinion on the subject. Fortunato goes with Montresor to the wine cellars of the latter’s palazzo, where they wander deep underground in the catacombs. Montresor gives Fortunato more to drink; at one point, Fortunato makes an elaborate and, to the narrator’s eyes, grotesque gesture with an upraised wine bottle. When Montresor fails to recognize the gesture, Fortunato asks, “You are not of the masons?” – Montresor says he is, and when Fortunato, disbelieving, requests a sign, Montresor displays a tro
