Level III Question: Is revenge the same thing as justice?
I don’t believe that revenge is the same thing as justice. Revenge is based off of personal feelings and how serious the offended person takes the offense to be. The offended is retaliating to a personal offense to “balance” the injuries he received. Justice is difficult to define. In the context of The Cask of Amontillado, I will define justice as being a rational punishment to the guilty accused resulting from a lawful inspection and uncovering of the truth. Using this definition, Montresor is not delivering the justice he claims to be giving. He does not give us a clue about “the thousand injuries of Fortunato [he] had borne” besides implying that they are awful. What specific injuries are these and why is Montresor able to dismiss them all but not ignore a simple insult? Personally, I think Montresor is just doling out a sick punishment to Fortunato without any proof.
--Maria >.<
Some more proof to back me up:
ReplyDeleteFortunato has no idea that he’s ever insulted Montresor, especially not to the point where Montresor feels justified in killing him (Fortunato).
Just sayin’.
--Maria >.<