The confession of a killer...
It's been fifty years... It's time to confess. The screams have been haunting me for far too long...
Once upon a time, there was a man addicted to narcissism and a man who was addicted to not being addicted to narcissism. One day, the first man met the second man during carnival, to have a little night fun after the other heavily drunk. Later the two went into the dark depths of the catacombs to find the fabled cask of amontillado, both reaching deep caverns of the mass grave, seeing many skeletons along the way. Little did the first man forget, that the second man bathed in narcissism, even while in a drunken stupor.
Annoyed, the first man revealed what his true motives were. To rid himself of the second man. So he did, he tied the second man up in the area with the supposed wine, and walled him up. Tier by tier.
The screams pleased the first man. For he thought he was doing himself and the second man justice by ending his life. The life of his dear, dear, friend. They say that people are narcissistic due to problems in life, so isn't it just to end his life? The screams, oh the screams, they were beautiful. But, they were not the screams of a drunken man, for the second man's intoxication has faded. Wonderful. He can fully aware suffer, as the narcissistic do in hell.
As for the identities of the two men, the second was the "beloved" Fortunato! With the first being me, Montresor. It's been several years and the shrill screams he gave off still reverberate in my head, giving two emotions; happiness and fulfillment. My reasoning is the same as before, either way, he'll rot in hell for his look on life and his supposed friends, so why not send him early for what he's done to me?
"WELL." you might wonder, "WHAT HAS HE DONE TO YOU?" He's insulted me on every level of thought, it seems that my dear friend tried to bring down the very social, mental, and verbal foundations that make me up as a person, and his boastfulness, in the end, was his weakness.
My reasoning behind my killing method is simple; first of all, if anyone somehow finds his body, it will just be another among the countless bodies in the catacombs. Second, of all, it symbolizes what he's done to me mentally, he's chained me to a rock of regret, which is literally what he will be eternally chained to. Finally: It's the easiest method to get rid of every trace of him, I wanted him completely out of my life. Completely.
And a note to Fortunato:
Tell Lucifer that I said "Hi"!
Still today, I hear the wonderful band of Fortunato's screams orchestrated by me and my trowel.
Ah. They still reverberate! No regrets.
In pace requiescat!
[Note: this is based off a confession that Montresor (from The cask of Amontillado), would make several years after his murder of Fortunato]
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Once upon a time, there was a man addicted to narcissism and a man who was addicted to not being addicted to narcissism. One day, the first man met the second man during carnival, to have a little night fun after the other heavily drunk. Later the two went into the dark depths of the catacombs to find the fabled cask of amontillado, both reaching deep caverns of the mass grave, seeing many skeletons along the way. Little did the first man forget, that the second man bathed in narcissism, even while in a drunken stupor.
Annoyed, the first man revealed what his true motives were. To rid himself of the second man. So he did, he tied the second man up in the area with the supposed wine, and walled him up. Tier by tier.
The screams pleased the first man. For he thought he was doing himself and the second man justice by ending his life. The life of his dear, dear, friend. They say that people are narcissistic due to problems in life, so isn't it just to end his life? The screams, oh the screams, they were beautiful. But, they were not the screams of a drunken man, for the second man's intoxication has faded. Wonderful. He can fully aware suffer, as the narcissistic do in hell.
As for the identities of the two men, the second was the "beloved" Fortunato! With the first being me, Montresor. It's been several years and the shrill screams he gave off still reverberate in my head, giving two emotions; happiness and fulfillment. My reasoning is the same as before, either way, he'll rot in hell for his look on life and his supposed friends, so why not send him early for what he's done to me?
"WELL." you might wonder, "WHAT HAS HE DONE TO YOU?" He's insulted me on every level of thought, it seems that my dear friend tried to bring down the very social, mental, and verbal foundations that make me up as a person, and his boastfulness, in the end, was his weakness.
My reasoning behind my killing method is simple; first of all, if anyone somehow finds his body, it will just be another among the countless bodies in the catacombs. Second, of all, it symbolizes what he's done to me mentally, he's chained me to a rock of regret, which is literally what he will be eternally chained to. Finally: It's the easiest method to get rid of every trace of him, I wanted him completely out of my life. Completely.
And a note to Fortunato:
Tell Lucifer that I said "Hi"!
Still today, I hear the wonderful band of Fortunato's screams orchestrated by me and my trowel.
Ah. They still reverberate! No regrets.
In pace requiescat!
[Note: this is based off a confession that Montresor (from The cask of Amontillado), would make several years after his murder of Fortunato]
I commented on:
Melanie's Blog,
Sofia's Blog,
Lorin's Blog,
and Aine's Blog.
I liked it, but I see the same topics come up in different paragraphs. Kind of like Donald Trump lmao
ReplyDeleteThere was room for more creativity, but overall you did a good job! The explanation made sense and you took on the character well
ReplyDeletenote: In an attempt to make Montresor seem more insane, I used repetitiveness, as if Montresor was writing the letter unformally, to tell others about what he did fo rthe sake of it. ;)
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job it was a little confusing because of the repetition but good job overall.
ReplyDeleteNice creativity! I liked the way you and others made Montresor insane with the characterization.
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