"TheCaskofAmontillado"isashortstorybyEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedin1846.ItisataleofrevengesetinanunnamedItaliancityduringthecarnivalseason.Thenarrator,Montresor,seeksvengeanceagainstFortunato,amanwhohasinsultedhim.MontresorluresFortunatointothecatacombsunderhispalazzowiththepromiseoftastingararewinecalledAmontillado.Astheydescenddeeper,MontresorchainsFortunatotoawallandsealshiminsideanichewithbricks,leavinghimtodie.Thestoryisrenownedforitsdarkatmosphere,psychologicaltension,andexplorationofthemeslikepride,revenge,anddeception.Poemasterfullybuildssuspense,culminatinginachillingandunforgettableconclusion.
