Battle of ImpunityInsults often serve as a catalyst for revenge. However, revenge is never without consequences. These consequences can remain in a person's subconscious for the rest of their life. Through the clever short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, Montresor suffers from being insulted, seeks revenge, and lives with guilt. Montresor fails to punish Fortunato with impunity. The obsession with confessing is deadly. Montresor begins the evil revenge plot with a smile on his face. “It must be understood that neither by my words nor by my actions had I given Fortunato a reason to doubt my good will. I continued, as usual, to smile in his face, and he did not realize that my smile was now at the thought of his immolation. Montresor believes he will feel free and better about himself because he will accomplish his mission of impunity. With one brick remaining, “My heart fell ill; it was the humidity of the catacombs that made it this way. He thinks he will feel free, but all his life, his freedom to do otherwise remains chained in the damp vault with Fortunato. He died to the world, motionless, chained to the rock from his single act of guilt-ridden aggression. The pain he feels is not the humidity of the catacombs, but a first feeling of remorse. He kills a man “respected and even feared”. Now he admits that there is no way to change the past and his guilty conscience remains. Despite all the trouble Montresor goes through to kill the one person he truly despises, he doesn't benefit from anything. He thinks he will be happy. He even smiles at the sight of Fortunato at first. Once the task is accomplished, all that remains is for him to live his life, leaving Fortunato behind physically and mentally. Montresor might be better off leaving Fortunato alone, but instead he chooses the unchristian path and ends Fortunato's life. He gains nothing from doing this, except a guilty conscience and a corpse. “A wrong is not righted when punishment takes precedence over the one who righted it. Nor is there any remedy when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such in the eyes of the one who has done the evil. Montresor does not get anything positive from this revenge. With every experience, we learn a lesson. Montresor lets the insulting Fortunato go straight to his head. He overreacts and cleverly tricks Fortunato in "the catacombs of the Montresors »..