In this world, revenge, among other things, depicts humans wanting revenge as crazy, foolish, unreliable, but also indirectly shows them as mysterious human beings and sneaky. The concept behind revenge is very simple, and the intention of everyone who takes revenge is to harm. Montresseur, the protagonist of Edgar Allen Poe's short story The Cask of Amontillado, is full of hatred for Fortunato, although the reason is unknown. Marcus Aurelius once said: “To abstain from all imitation is the best revenge.” » Revenge is not for honest people, and Montressor is clearly blinded by his hatred, to the point where Montressor is deemed unreliable, and his devious and mysterious ways are hidden by the celebratory atmosphere of the story. Montressor's mysterious actions and crazy ways lead the reader to judge the narrator as unreliable. From the outset, Montressor begins his story by saying: “I had borne the thousand wounds of Fortunato as best I could; but when he ventured to insult her, I swore vengeance” (Poe 344). As this quote shows, and with the words that follow soon after, Montreessor does not clearly tell us what the motive for his revenge is, which leaves the reader uncertain. The tone in which the story is told also creates a mood of unreliability as not everything is explained thoroughly. Immediately, the reader judges that the narrator is unreliable based on the first paragraph of the story. Additionally, Montressor does not appear to have a photographic memory; however, his impeccable memory for even the smallest detail raises eyebrows. Additionally, these days one of the most common defenses against murder is insanity, which may very well be the case in this story. Poe writes: “For half a century no mortal has disturbed them. At the required pace! (351). The fact that...... middle of paper ...... SHOULD DEFINITELY REPEAT AFTER HERE Here, Montresor gets Fortunato drunk into drinking the wine to make him easier to influence. He planned everything in such detail and in the end his ruse resulted in what he wanted, performing a stunt that followed his checklist. Another part of Montresor's plan was to act friendly towards Foruntato. He said: “'You are rich, respected, admired, loved; you are happy’” (Poe 347). The large number of adjectives used is very clearly intended to flatter, to gain trust. From there, Montresor works on Fortunato and his ruse helps him achieve his goal, Fortunato's death. Although he seems thoughtful, Montresor is really bad with his intentions and his mystery and cunning help establish the fact that he is unreliable. Montresor murdered, and all of these murders are unreliable and senseless. Poe describes Montresor as unreliable.