Montresor lures Fortunato by telling him he has obtained a pipe of Amontillado sherry. He mentions obtaining confirmation of the pipe's contents by inviting a fellow wine aficionado, Luchesi, for a private tasting. Not one to be made better of, Fortunato goes with Montresor to the wine cellars of the latter's house, where they wander in the catacombs. Montresor keeps giving Fortunato drinks to keep him drunk, finally arriving at a niche, where Montresor tells his friend that the Amontillado is within. Fortunato enters drunk and unsuspecting, allowing Montresor to chain him to the wall.
Montresor then proceeds to wall up the niche, entombing his friend alive. Fortunato sobers up faster than anticipated, though, and pleads with Montresor. Montresor ignores him and continues, eventually walling him in completely.
Notably though, in the story, Fortunato actually comes to the realization that this is actually what Montresor wants. Montresor doesn't want to murder Fortunato as much as he wants the psychological satisfaction of seeing and hearing him squirm as it dawns on him that he is going to die a slow death and he was so easily tricked into walking into this situation, and mocking him for it. In a final act of defiance, Fortunato refuses to play along at the end, and replaces his panic with cold silence. This silence catches Montresor off-balance, and its evident from narration that he was very confused and annoyed at being robbed of the chance to gloat properly, and even begins to feel "sick at heart" about what he is doing, because the sudden silence gives him no recourse but to actually consider the gravity of the act he is about to carry out. And even those fifty years later, there are still clear hints of Montresor being somewhat bitter about the fact Fortunato managed to outwit him at the end by taking all the fun out of his revenge.
Hope this helps :)
What has to happen to the plates for an earthquake to occur? the tectonic plates would have to shift. They slide past one another.
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Her friend was rich and visiting the friend reminded her that she herself could not have all the things her friend has. Therefore, she does not like visiting her friend. We are told this in order to help us understand just how fixated Madame Loisel is on material goods and on the trappings of wealth. This will help us understand her character, which is what drives the events of this story.
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1. the answer is b; the passage is mostly about living walls and how they help
2. the answer is d; the sentence before talks about 'high rise buildings'
3. the answer is a; air conditioners are an example of energy use
4. the answer is d; the first three words are 'containers holding soil'
5. the answer is d;
6. the answer is d;
i'm not sure on all of these so you may want to check my answers before using them(if you do decide to)
