Battle of Impunity
Insults often serve as a catalyst for revenge. Yet, revenge never comes without consequences. These consequences can stay in a person's subconscious for the remainder of their life. Through the clever short story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe, Montresor suffers from being insulted, seeking revenge and living with guilt. Montresor is unsuccessful in punishing Fortunato with impunity.
The obsession to confess is a killer. Montresor starts the evil revenge plot with a smile on his face. "It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation." Montresor believes that he will feel free and better about himself, for he will be completing his mission of impunity. With one brick remaining, "My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so." He......
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