Edgar Allan Poe-The Cask of Amontillado

Edgar Allan Poe
The Cask of Amontillado

"Come", I said, with decision, "we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missede. For me its no matter. We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible.

When reading the short story I found that this quote was most important to me. It showed the irony that existed throughout the story. The protagonist in the story gave us his story and why he wanted to kill Fortunato. He had wit, and he was deceiving. Throughout the story he made Fortunato feel as though he was interested in him being sick, he wanted Fortunato to think that he cared about him, and respected him. He hid his true feeling and never showed Fortunato his "true color" untill the end of the story. He even called Fortunato his friend at one point. In all actually, this quote represents the cruelness, and the heartless nature of the protagonist.