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Knowing death is around the corner in “The Cask of Amontillado” In the short story “ The Cask of amontillado”, Montresor gives Fortunato many opportunities to turn a back from the doom that awaits him in his near future. Fortunato refuses to turn back because he is very interested in the Amontillado that is supposed to be stored in the catacombs of the Montresor’s. What led Fortunate into the Catacombs and why didn’t he see his fait draw near? When the story began Montresor said “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge”(149). Poe set the path of the