In Edgar Allen Poe's story The Cask of Amontillado, the main character Montresor tricks his friend Fortunato into his catacombs and buries him alive. Edgar Allen Poe's character commits this act out of a need for revenge for an injury inflicted on him. Poe expresses this need for revenge through his attention to the small details of his story. Poe's naming of his characters is not a coincidence. Poe used names that had specific meanings and translations that would fit his two characters well. “Treasure comes from the thesaurus, meaning a storehouse or treasure; Fortunato derives from fortunatus, translated as made prosperous or happy” (Gruesser). In the story, Montresor not only has a real storehouse, his family catacomb, but he also stores his wound in his heart, which is why he is overcome by hatred and his need for revenge. Fortunato is dressed as a jester and ready to have fun. This happiness and carefree personality was the derivative of what his name means. Poe uses these names as a foreshadowing of what will happen in the future. Montresor stores his anger and Fortunato has no anger in him, which fuels Montresor's need for revenge. The type of wine Poe uses in his story is no coincidence either. The production of Amontillado sherry takes a long time and requires a very delicate and precise manufacturing process. The reason Poe chose to use this wine is that, much like the process of making Amontillado sherry, Montresor's plan to punish Fortunato was very precise and long thought out down to the smallest detail. Michael Jay Lewis said in his own article: "We can see several connections between the process of creating the amontillado and the process of killing Montresor...... middle of paper ... details to demonstrate the a man's need for revenge. He chooses the names of the characters, the wine and the way they are dressed with the very specific aim of revealing their character and their intention. Poe's attention to this detail is what intensifies the awareness of how Montresor is prepared to take revenge on Fortunato. Works Cited Gruesser, John. “Poe’s Cask of Amontillado.” Explainer 56.3 (1998): 129-130.MLA International Bibliography. Internet. March 11, 2014. Lewis, Michael Jay. “Refining a Fortunato Amontillado.” Explanator 69.4 (2001): 179183. MLA International Bibliography. Internet. March 10, 2014Platizky, Roger. “Poe’s Cask of Amontillado.” Explanator 57.4 (1994): 206-209.MLA International Bibliography. Internet. March 10, 2014.Poe, Edgar A. "The Cask of Amontillado".1846. Web. March 21. 2014..