The main conflict in the story is between Montresor and Fortunato. Montresor, our narrator, believes that Fortunato has "inflicted a thousand insults," upon him. It is because of these "insults", which are not named in the story, that Montresor begins to execute his plot for revenge. This conflict would be man versus man, but it is interesting because it seems that Montresor is the only one of the two who is aware of the conflict. Fortunato believes wholeheartedly that the two are friends.
The other conflict we see in the story is man versus self. As Montresor places the final brick into the wall he feels sick for a moment. He tells us it is nothing, but he is an unreliable narrator too. He feels sick, for a moment, with guilt at what he is doing. His revenge plot did not give him the immediate sense of satisfaction he was hoping for and so we see an internal struggle, for but a moment, but it is there.
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