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Typical gothic literature covers darker topics, has a frightening setting, and has characters with unique relations or thoughts with the concept of death. In The Cask of Amontillado, the protagonist, Montressor, seems to be obsessed with murdering his enemy, Fortunato, due to the perception of ‘injuries’ Montressor remembers enduring from Fortunato. He claims to smile in his victim’s face as he plans the ultimate demise for Fortunato. However, Fortunato's perceptions were not paranoid, proven contrary in the passage, “Fortunato did not perceive that [his] smile now was the thought of his immolation.” Fortifying the gothic claim of literature is the environment that is described, “I took from their sconces two flambeaux, and giving one to Fortunato, bowed him through several suites of rooms to the archway that led into the vaults. I passed down a long and winding staircase, requesting him to be cautious as he followed. We came at length to the foot of the descent, and stood together upon the damp ground of the catacombs of the Montresors.”
Better late than never? lol
