Because of the voice of the narrator--erratic, obsessed--the reader must wonder when Fortunato does not question the reason for Montesor's behavior if, indeed, Fortunato has really insulted Montesor. For, the opening lines are as ambiguous at the end of Poe's story as they are in the beginning. Has Fortunato really dealt Montesor a "thousand injuries" and has he "ventured upon insult" on Montesor, afterall?
Throughout the story does not Fortunato stand "bewildered" and "recoiled" from hints that Montesor ironically puts out for the connosieur? If Fortunato were the man to insult and injure so many times a man of Montesor's intrique, would he not have to be much more clever than he appears throughout the narrative even if he is inebriated?
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