The story features Montresor's endeavor to enact vengeance against the man who wronged him, Fortunato. Taking advantage of the fact that his nemesis is intoxicated, Montresor leads him to the cellar where, under the guise of wine tasting, he encases Fortunato within the stone walls and leaves him to die.
It is a short story by Poe on revenge. A man, named Montresor, seeks revenge against another man, Fortunato, for an insult. It is Montresor's family motto that "Nemo me impune lacessit." So he seeks vengeance against Fortunato. He meets Fortunato at a carnival and lures him into the catacombs of his home. Then he buries Fortunato alive.
