"The Cast of Amontillado"

"The Cast of Amontillado"

Edgar Allen Poe

What a very confusing piece of literature. I found myself reading the paragraphs repeatedly. I just could not get any understanding from this story when I began reading. I honestly do not think I can get a passage with 300+ words. This story seems to be about a crime that may have happened a very long time ago. The topic that goes with this story would be revenge.

This story of Poe and his writing is taken place in a dark underground doom. Fortunato does not seem to have any problems but Montressor seems to have all the problems. The narrator does not give us any background information about Fortunato. By reading the passage, I seemed to characterize Fortunado by being sort of wealthy and a lover of drinking wine.

I just wonder if Fortunado is really the one who did the crime or if he is just being blamed for a crime that happened that long ago? It shocked me in the end when Fortunato was murdered by Montressor. I thought the ending of this story was more interesting in the end than the beginning.

This is my blog on my thoughts about this piece of literature. This might be confusing to some of you when reading this, but don't feel bad because I am still confused!   :)