아몬틸라도의 술통(Cask of Amontillado) 에세이

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미국에서 문학수업중에 쓴 에세이입니다.
아몬틸라도의 술통을 읽고 주인공이 글에서 행한 복수에 관해서 쓴 에세이로,
주인공이 루케시를 죽인 이유는 무엇인지, 무엇을 통해 알 수 있는지, 그의 복수는
과연 성공적이라고 말할 수 있는지 등에 관해서 논하였습니다.

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The Cask of Amontillado

“The Cask of Amontillado” depicts Montresor’s cruel and carefully plotted revenge against Fortunato. Motresor explains how he killed Fortunato but he does not clearly state his motive for the murder in his narration. The only thing that he says explicitly about his motive is the vague “many injuries” that he mentions. It might be guessed that Fortunato has mortally insulted him, which makes Montresor make up cruel murder.
One evening during the carnival season, Montresor encounters Fortunato and he invites him to sample the sherry which he bought lately and seeks his opinion about whether it is Amontillado or not. Fortunato is a wine lover, so he is excited and elated. Though Montresor suggests that he could ask help from Luchesi concerning that Fortunato might be too busy and that the valuts are filled with nitre and may harm his health, Fortunato insists on accompanying Montresor to his home.




However, it is not sure that the reason why Montresor decided to kill Fortunato is adequate to make his murder justified as revenge, because not does everybody resolve to plot the murder of someone who insults him or her. The reason for the homicide of Fortunato is to wreak his wrath and anger about his life which used to be noble and fine once but now is ruined, rather than to revenge to the moral insult from Fortunato. That is, ultimately, what makes him feel defeated is himself not the other person, Fortunato. While Montresor is taking Fortunato to the family burial, Fortunato coughs violently so Montresor says "Come, we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill and I cannot be responsible. Besides, there is Luchresiㅡ” Montresor flattered to Fortunato by saying it, but it was

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Poe, Edgar Allan, The Cask of Amontillado: The Norton Introduction to Literature: W W Norton & Co Inc