Edgar Allan Poe's horror story “The Cask Of Amontillado” is associated with his own tragic life. It is also closely tied to American popular culture of 1800’s. The story is focused on a burial of a living man, which was awful and wild in that time.
The setting of the story is mysterious and devilish. Enjoying the carnival, poor man, named Fortunato, who just wants to drink some more wine while partying, occurs in the basement of his friend’s house, where he faces his death. I guess confidence and evil spirit of Mr. Montresor are so powerful that even the guy’s name "Fortunato", which means “luck, success” is not helping him at his very end. Mr. Montresor kills the fellow, who did nothing bad to him, and feels very cheerful after that. And I believe it is not the very first innocent person who he kills in the catacombs of his house. Mr. Montresor enjoys the process and nobody stops him. At that time people preferred to be silent, because they were afraid to be buried alive.
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