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Montresor, who lures his Carnival-besotted friend Fortunato deep into catacombs with walls covered with nitre by promising him a tasting from a pipe (cask) of very rare Amontillado wine.
Today’s short story is Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” a fantastic ... sort of call and response between Fortunato and Montresor, “For the love of God, Montresor!” ...
Montresor has grown tired of the Amontillado he bought in order to lure the unwitting Fortunato to his death, so now he mixes it with fresh grapefruit, homemade grenadine, and Scotch. And going ...
Set in an unnamed Italian city, it follows a man named Montresor who invites his friend Fortunato down to his family vaults, presumably to sample a cask of amontillado. But as is always the ...
Expressions and Southern Tier Actors Read present a dramatic reading of Edgar Allan Poe's 'Cask of Amontillado'. This classic tale of revenge features Bill Gorman as Montresor and Chris Nickerson ...
“The Cask of Amontillado” might seem an unlikely ... anxiety — and the prospect of literal wall-building Turning Montresor and Fortunato into a couple of bros makes the entire scenario ...
you might ask bartender Damian Windsor to make his off-the-menu Montresor & Fortunato (the name’s a reference to Edgar Allan Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado”); it’s Grand Marnier, amontillado ...
It would later inspire him to write “The Cask of ... the narrator, Montresor, announces at the beginning of the tale. Poe served his vengeance with the perfect wine. Amontillado is a light ...
A key sequence is ripped straight from the pages of another famed Poe work: short story "The Cask of Amontillado." In that 1846 story, narrator Montresor commits a most unconventional murder.