"The Cask of Amontillado" begins with Montresor addressing someone familiar, someone who knows the "nature of his soul." Now, as to who that might be is anyone's guess. My thought would be that after fifty years, the only person I would trust enough to tell a secret like this would be my husband or wife and/or possibly my children. The only reason I would do it then would be to clear my conscience. Another case scenario could be a direct descendant of Fortunato, which sort of invalidates the whole "nature of his soul" thing, but hey, we are inferring, right. Suppose a direct descendant of Fortunato's visted upon Montresor's death bed, and in an attempt to gain a little further revenge, he spills this whole story to them. That makes for an interesting spin on the story if you are guessing to whom the narrator is making his confession. Hope this helps. Brenda
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