According to RJ Russ “Poe tells a story of revenge and humiliation, the way this particular story symbolizes Poe's work that has a stunning ending. although there is no reason, Poe uses symbolism to try to answer questions in the story; amontillado clown costume, the way Fortunato dies. “My dear lucky one, fortunately you met. ” in the “cask of amontillado” there are many things that mean something else for example lucky, he is anything but lucky. Studymode.com insisted, “We note the appearance of irony in the story. the very name lucky would clearly imply that he is a man of good fortune, when the real case is that he is about to suffer an untimely death; the end of his life.'' "And I to your long life." I drank at Fortunato's short life. the simple name lucky is ironic in the poem because he is anything but lucky and dies. Kerry Michael emphasizes that "physical attacks and injuries do not bother me, but they attack my name and reputation (insults) and I will seek revenge." "but when he dared to insult me ​​I swore revenge." the author was talking about how the Montresor family motto is something like no one hurts me without being hurt. I find this to be very interesting for us as humans have a natural instinct within us to defend ourselves and those close to us. what I think is that Montresor is taking revenge on Fortunato because maybe he slept with his wife, any man would do the same. another opinion of mine would be that lucky could have taken Montresor out of the liquor industry and surpassed him and because of this Montresor kills luckyBrighthub education.com portrays that "The treasure that the narrator possesses is the knowledge of...... medium of paper...the knowledge of a perfect murder. Montresor's pride was his code of arms, his family motto: if I get hurt, you get hurt. Fortunato was a real fool, he even was dressed as such, his pride was his wine that leads to his downfall. Works Cited Lorcher Trent “symbolism and irony in “The Cask of Amontillado.” Bright Hub Education.Bright hub, Inc. 9 Oct 2013.web.17 March 2014Russ .RJ “symbolism in Edgar allan poe's the cask of amontillado.”Yahoo voices, yahoo, Inc.,28 April 2008. web 17 March 2014. Edited by Shroop. “The cask of amontillado” writing style , Inc., 11 November 2008. web. 17 Mar 2014. Mode Studio Editori. “Irony and symbolism in the barrel of amontillado. Study Mode NP, October 1999. web 17 March 2014.Wood .Kerry “literary. Analysis: irony in the barrel of amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. Humanities 360. Elio, inc. (November 2007. Web. 17 March 2014.