When looked at for the first time, Montresor in Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado may seem disturbing. Montresor has plans to murder a man, Fortunato, for insulting him and plans on doing so by walling him up in the catacombs under his home. Montresor devises a clever plan that will leave Fortunato clueless as to his intensions. Upon a closer look, this character is admirable. Montresor carries out his plan successfully without being caught. He does this by using traits that are commendable at the very least. Montresor is Poe's most admirable character because he is patient, extremely confident, and very calculated.
Montresor is admirable because throughout the story, he is very patient. In the beginning of the story, he tells of how he will get his revenge over time. He says, "At length I would be avengedÂ…" (1442). Through all of the time that he waits to enforce his plan upon the unsuspecting Fortunato, he "neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause......
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