Anyway would you like to come into my cellar and taste a fine vintage." The post has gained over 32,000 notes as of October 14th, 2016, and is credited by Vox as the post that sparked the surge. On October 3rd, 2016, Tumblr user popularlesbian uploaded a text post referencing Cask of Amontillado that read "im not petty and i dont see the point in holding a grudge. References to "The Cask of Amontillado" surged in popularity on Tumblr in October 2016.
Several posts have compared the story of Henry from Thomas the Tank Engine to Fortunato's plight in "The Cask of Amontillado," and for a while, these sorts of jokes were the most popular online reference to Poe's short story.Īn image macro also appeared on a Buzzfeed collection of literary memes.
It has also grown into a popular reference in television shows including The Simpsons, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and, perhaps inadvertently, Thomas the Tank Engine. At only five pages, it has been widely adapted and regularly assigned to high school english students. "The Cask of Amontillado" is one of Poe's most famous short stories. The story ends with the reveal that the murder happened 50 years ago and Fortunato's body still hangs down there. Montresor then builds a wall sealing the niche with Fortunato inside as Fortunato reacts with first nervous laughter, then terror.
Montresor brings the inebriated Fortunato to a niche in his cellar and quickly chains him to the wall. On the night of a carnival, Montresor lures Fortunato, who is dressed as a jester, down to his wine cellar on the pretense of having him try a cask of rare amontillado sherry wine. "The Cask of Amontillado" is told from the narrative perspective of Montresor, an Italian nobleman relating the tale of how he murdered his friend Fortunato, who he believes insulted him in an unspecified way.
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