Symbols Used In The Cask Of Amontillado. Nearly all of his stories are praised and they have some sort of unknown motive and background to them. And amontillado is a sort of wine a dried out wine.
The cask represent a casket of wine which is a barrel of wine. Symbols are heavily used in the cask of amontillado with the view of conveying the grim and complex nature of montresor s quest for revenge. 27 oct the cask of amontillado themes and symbols.
The name fortunato is an ironic symbol in the cask of amontillado while the name means the lucky one in italian fortunato ends up with a much less sanguine outcome falling victim to the vengeance of montresor.
When montresor runs into fortunato on the street fortunato is wearing multicolored motley and a cap with bells on it which is the costume of jesters or fools in the old form of italian theater known as commedia dell arte. Nearly all of his stories are praised and they have some sort of unknown motive and background to them. In the drama to come fortunato will be playing the part of a fool and he certainly does missing clue after clue because of his ego. The cask represent a casket of wine which is a barrel of wine.