In "The Cask of Amontillado", Edgar Allen Poe demonstrates the horrors of a chilling murder. The narrator, Montresor, has vowed revenge upon his enemy, Fortunato. Fortunato willingly travels with his killer to his doom. The reader is left awestruck and amazed at Montresor's grotesque act. Poe uses irony through the character of Montresor to foreshadow his enemy's death. One example of his use of irony through Montresor is their toast to each other. Fortunato drank …showed first 75 words of 384 total…

…showed last 75 words of 384 total…knows Fortunato will not live a long life as requested by the murderer. It is clear to the audience Fortunato will be gone as his killer states, "Yes, let us be gone." The most chilling foreshadowing used is Montresor's allegation to be a Mason. The outcome of the narrative is known through the irony used to foreshadow. Maybe everyone should take heed to the old saying, "Don't just hear, listen to what I am saying."