"You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat " (190). ... According to Elena Baraban, " Without questioning the interpretation of Montresor's narration as taking place at his deathbed; I would still ask if the fact of this belated confession gives us sufficient ground to assume that Montresor has suffered pangs of conscience for fifty years. " As the reader is given insight into the detailed description of Fortunato's embodiment, Montresor's confession of sin is not seen that of a guilty conscience, but that of a man ...

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