Embarrassingly, I admit over the past ten years that I haven't been much of a reader, but I wish I would have been, and am hoping to be. While reading this story I could see them walking through the dark, damp, mysterious tunnels. It is a plot that most dark movies or television series would have.
I think Montresor waited all those years to tell his story for two possible reasons. First, I think he waited in order to keep his secret a secret. He didn't want to get caught for what he had done. Second, he was so proudly insane he wants people to eventually find out what he did, that he can't be pushed around and won't stand to be insulted. It took me a few times of reading the first paragraph to completely comprehend how severely he didn't want to be punished for what he had done.
Why had he wanted to so badly get back at Fortunato? The exact reason isn't known. Montresor does tell us that he had been putting up with Fortunato's "injuries" for quite some time. Fortunato must have done something that Montresor can't just wear on his sleeve. Something that pushed him over the edge. Does any of that make what Montresor did justifiable? I don't think so, not even in that time era. Montresor took Fortunato and buried him alive! I think anyone that can do that to a person is somewhat insane, but at the same time it was premeditated and planned out. He didn't do it after the first or second "injuries", but according to Montressor, "thousand."
The title is very clever, at least after reading the story. Fortunato is a man of wines. It is only fitting that searching out this Amontillado and then being buried in a wall, and stored away like a cask of Amontillado is how Montresor leaves the end of the story. A man of wines, buried away with wine like wine.
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