What is the irony of the short story, "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe?

Question

I read the story but I don't understand whats ironic about it all. Please explain in detail.

Answer 1

The character of Fortunato, named for good Fortune, has very bad furtune.

Answer 2

The irony is that Fortunato was never intended to get to the amontillado at all, but when the narrator bricked him into the niche, that was what was there; so the whole revenge scheme fell flat, and instead of begging for mercy (as the narrator wanted), Fortunato died in happy drunkenness. Weird, but that's Poe for you.

Answer 3

If I recall the chacter who entombs the other says I'm a mason and show a tool a stone mason uses, while the other guy ment being a member of the secert orginization The Mason's.


I looked at him in surprise. He repeated the movement --a grotesque one.
"You do not comprehend?" he said.
"Not I," I replied.
"Then you are not of the brotherhood."
"How?"
"You are not of the masons."
"Yes, yes," I said; "yes, yes."
"You? Impossible! A mason?"
"A mason," I replied.
"A sign," he said, "a sign."
"It is this," I answered, producing from beneath the folds of my roquelaire a trowel.

"The Cask of Amontillado" is a powerful tale of revenge. Montresor, the sinister narrator of this tale, pledges revenge upon Fortunato for an insult. Montresor intends to seek vengeance in support of his family motto: "Nemo me impune lacessit."("No one assails me with impunity.") On the coat of arms, which bears this motto, appears " [a] huge human foot d'or, in a field of azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are embedded in the heel." It is important for Montresor to have his victim know what is happening to him. Montresor will derive pleasure from the fact that "...as Fortunato slowly dies, the thought of his rejected opportunities of escape will sting him with unbearable regret, and as he sobers with terror, the final blow will come from the realization that his craving for the wine has led him to his doom." (Quinn 500) In structure, there can be no doubt, that both Montresor's plan of revenge and Poe's story are carefully crafted to create the desired effect.

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Answer 4

"The tell tale coronary heart" by using suspense it creates, and how he weaves the words thoughts and movements mutually. He does an awesome job telling how the numerous personality were given there and replaced into stuck. the way he chosen words and the plot is in basic terms staggering. The link to a replica of the tale is geared up below.