Pride has it’s Costs
...hard he tried to deal with “The thousand injuries of Fortunato…”. It wasn’t until an insult occurred that revenge should be vowed. Even after the narrator planned his revenge, he didn’t show the slightest sign of disgruntlement toward Fortunato. Fortunato’s pride of his expertise in the old wines blinded him from seeing the insult he was causing others in his own line of work. The narrator even states that he “…was skillful in the Italian vintages…” along with Fortunato at one point in time. Fortunato continues to insult others even while the narrator is attempting to lure him to his vaults to exact his revenge. “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry” is an insult that Fortunato states ironically to the narrator. For Fortunato is too blinded by his own pride to see that he insulted the narrator in much the same way and that his constant insults are going to be his downfall. Deep into the narrator’s vaults is where Fortunato is led by his own pride. Several times the narrator makes it apparent to Fortunato of the nitre that clings to the walls of the catacombs and how dangerous it is to his health. “…we will go back; your health is precious…” states the narrator, but Fortunato holds too much pride in the matter of wine to pass up an opportunity to use his skills. Further into the vaults they go and once again the narrator tries to turn Fortunato back to safety. Again Fortunato disregards his health and wants to press on to the Amontilla...