Poe's Stories

Poe's Stories

by

Edgar Allan Poe

Narrator (The Cask of Amontillado) Character Analysis

A man with a vendetta against Fortunato because of an unexplained wrong Fortunato committed against him long ago. The narrator goes to great lengths of manipulation to secure his revenge, showing cunning and intelligence. But the undescribed original wrong, and the narrator's frantic effort to get Fortunato to react in some way as he walls him into a living tomb, raises questions about the narrator's motives, and whether there was even an original wrong in the first place.

Narrator (The Cask of Amontillado) Quotes in Poe's Stories

The Poe's Stories quotes below are all either spoken by Narrator (The Cask of Amontillado) or refer to Narrator (The Cask of Amontillado). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Cask of Amontillado Quotes

I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.

Related Characters: Narrator (The Cask of Amontillado) (speaker), Fortunato
Page Number: 208
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Narrator (The Cask of Amontillado) Quotes in Poe's Stories

The Poe's Stories quotes below are all either spoken by Narrator (The Cask of Amontillado) or refer to Narrator (The Cask of Amontillado). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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).
The Cask of Amontillado Quotes

I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.

Related Characters: Narrator (The Cask of Amontillado) (speaker), Fortunato
Page Number: 208
Explanation and Analysis: