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TheCaskofAmontilladoThethemeofTheCastofAmontilladoisvengeance,horror,anddeath.Revenge:Inthestory,MontresorvowedtorevengeonFortunato.HeseducedFortunatotohishouseandmurderedhim.AllanPoestatedtheprocessofthekilling,duringwhichMontresorendeavoredtocarryouthisplan.Horror:HorrorisacommonthemeintheGothicnovels.Thewholestoryisfilledwithdistinctsenseofhorror,whichismanifestedbythedampandnarrowvault,gloomylightsandlinedbones.AllanPoepresentedthethemetoreadersbydescribingtheundergrounddarkness.Death:Poeexplainedthesceneofdeathwithlongdepiction.Montresorachievedhisdesignsthroughelaborateplan.TheprocessofhismurderandFortunato'sstateofdesperationreinforcedtheatmosphereofterror.Andthestoryreacheditsclimax.“Fortunato”AwineexpertmurderedbyMontresor.Dressedasacourtjester(小丑）,FortunatofallspreytoMontresor'sschemeataparticularlycarefreemomentduringacarnival.In“TheCaskofAmontillado,”PoeusesFortunato'snamesymbolically,asanironicdevice.Thoughhisnamemeans“thefortunateone”inItalian,FortunatomeetsanunfortunatefateasthevictimofMontresor'srevenge.Fortunatoaddstotheironyofhisnamebywearingthecostumeofacourtjester.WhileFortunatoplaysinjest,Montresorsetsouttofoolhim,withmurderousresults.MontresorThenarrator,Montresor,murdersFortunatoforinsultinghimbywallinghimupalivebehindbricksinawinecellar(酒窖）.Itissetduringthe“suprememadness”ofCarnival（狂欢节）.Insuchariotous（狂欢的)atmosphere,itiseasytoseehowacrimecouldgounnoticed.TheCaskofAmontilladoisapowerfultaleofrevenge.Montresor,thesinisternarratorofthistale,pledgesrevengeuponFortunatoforaninsult.Montresorintendstoseekvengeanceinsupportofhisfamilymotto:Nemomeimpunelacessit’.ItisimportantforMontresortohavehisvictimknowwhatishappeningtohim.Montresorwillderivepleasurefromthefactthat...asFortunatoslowlydies,thethoughtofhisrejectedopportunitiesofescapewillstinghimwithunbearableregret,andashesoberswithterror,thefinalblowwillcomefromtherealizationthathiscravingforthewinehasledhimtohisdoom.Instructure,therecanbenodoubt,thatbothMontresor'splanofrevengeandPoe'sstoryarecarefullycraftedtocreatethedesiredeffect.Hateisasinordinateaslove,andasslowlyconsuming,assecret,asunderground,assubtle.Ontop,allisfair-spoken.Beneath,thereisawfulmurderousextremityofburyingalive---beneaththeconsciousness.ThelustofMontresoristodevourutterlythesoulofFortunato.Fortunato,inTheCaskofAmontillado,isburiedaliveoutofperfecthatred,astheladyMadelineofUsherisburiedaliveoutoflove.