In “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, Montresor and Fortunato are our characters in this short story. Montresor has completed his revenge because he is intelligent, creative, and vengeful. Montresor is intelligent because he lured Fortunato with wine out of the catacombs. As Montresor and Fortunato were heading down the catacombs, Montresor kept on asking “How long have you had that cough, Fortunato?” “It is nothing, let’s continue on.” Fortunato replied. “Do you want to head back up, Fortunato?” Montresor asked. “No, let’s continue.” Fortunato said again as they went on. You see, Montresor kept on asking if he wanted to keep on going or go back up and Fortunato kept on saying no and that is how Montresor kept on luring him in to