The Cask of Amontilado (Short story)

The Cask of Amontillado is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe

Summary
After 50 years a man confesses to his confessor/priest a murder.

Plot
The Narrator [Montressor] talks to a [|unnamed unamed person] who knows his soul very well. Montresor wants to take revenge on Fortunato, though his motivation is not clear-he claims that after enduring a thousand injuries he now wants revenge for an unnamed insult. It is during a masquerade in the city. Fortunato is dressed in a jester's costume. Montresor tells Fortunato he has bought a special rare wine called [|amontillado amontillado]. He wants Fortunato to test it to be sure it is real. Montresor leads Fortunato into the underground Burial Montressor catacoombs/wine cellar to test the wine. In Irony the drunken Fortunato drinks a toast to the numerous human skelatons; Montressor in turn drinks to Fortunato's "Long life". Montressor chains Fortunato and then walls him up alive in a niche. Fortunato cries out "For the love of God, Montresor!" to which Montresor replies, "Yes, for the love of God!" He twice calls out for a reply but hears nothing. Before placing the last stone, he drops a burning torch through the gap.but hears only the jester's [|bells bells] ringing. The crime took place 50 years before..Montressor express no remorse except for remarking about Fortunato: In pace requiescat! ("May he rest in peace!"). .