The direct characters in The Cask of Amontillado are Montresor (the first-person narrator) and the ironically-named Fortunato, his inadvertent enemy. No one else appears in the story, but reference is made to several indirect characters.Luchesi is a man known to both Montresor and Fortunato. He has a reputation as a connoisseur of wine and is therefore a rival to Fortunato in this respect. Fortunato contemptuously dismisses his expertise, but this may be mere bravado. Montresor uses repeated references to Luchesi as a form of reverse psychology to lure Fortunato into the vaultMontresor's disobedient servants are also mentioned. We do not know how many there are, but the fact that he has several makes us question his claim to be a ruined man. He has expressly told them to stay in the house and is cynically certain that this is the way to ensure their departureLady Fortunato is mentioned by her unfortunate husband. She will be waiting, in company, at the palazzo.
Being alone, can mean loneliness...
Eh, whatever. I have no idea what your talking about. XP
His use of repetition in the excerpt stresses how serious he is about what he's saying and shows how strong is his plea for peaceful action.
The sentence that best connects the two ideas is the first one: The park benches need a new coat of paint, so we should volunteer to paint them.
This is a complex sentence since it includes two clauses: an independent clause and a dependent clause.<u> They have been joined by means of the conjunction "so" to indicate that benches sould be painted as a result of knowing that they need a new coat of paint</u>. <u>"So" indicates a cause-effect relationship</u>. On the other hand, the other option do not make any sense since the clauses have been joined by "however", an adverb that is used to indicate contradiction, and "although", a subordinating conjunction that connects ideas that contrast. <u>The clauses contained in this sentence do not present ideas that contrast nor express a contradiction</u>; therefore, a conjunction that indicates cause-effect relationship such as "so" must be used.