What is the climax in 'The Cask of Amontillado'?

Answer 1

The climax of "The Cask of Amontillado" comes when Montresor walls Fortunato up in a niche in the wall of the catacombs. Fortunato's drunkeness is beginning to wear off, and he realizes Montresor's intent. When he moans, he is no longer in a drunken stupor, but acknowledging his fate. As Montresor places the last brick in the wall, he thrusts a torch behind the wall and the only response was the jingling of bells from Fortunato's costume. At this point, Fortunato is dead (possibly from a heart attack from the shock), and there is no going back for Montresor.

Answer 2

The climax is when Montresor surprises Fortunato by chaining him to the wall, thereby ending the suspense of whether or not Fortunato will get away. Once Fortunato is in chains, we know Montresor's revenge is assured. The actual bricking up the wall to seal Fortunato in the niche is the "falling action." In other words after Fortunato is chained to the wall it is all downhill from there for both the story and Fortunato.

Answer 3

The climax of "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe is when Montresor chains Fortunato to a wall in the catacombs and finishes walling him in. This moment represents the peak of tension and the ultimate fulfillment of Montresor's revenge plot against Fortunato.

Answer 4

The climax of The Cask of Amontillado is when Montresor surprises Fortunato by chaining him to the wall in the niche in the cellar. At that point the reader realizes that Montresor has indeed gotten Fortunato in a position to exact the revenge he had been talking about earlier.

Answer 5

Montresor is very....focused and determined. He knows what he wants and he knows how he's going to do it. He may have felt maybe a little bit of doubt about killing Fortunato but he knows he's going to do it and he's happy he gets away with it.

Answer 6

The climax of "The Cask of Amontillado" comes when Montresor walls Fortunato up in a niche in the wall of the catacombs. Fortunato's drunkeness is beginning to wear off, and he realizes Montresor's intent. When he moans, he is no longer in a drunken stupor, but acknowledging his fate. As Montresor places the last brick in the wall, he thrusts a torch behind the wall and the only response was the jingling of bells from Fortunato's costume. At this point, Fortunato is dead (possibly from a heart attack from the shock), and there is no going back for Montresor.

Answer 7

The climax could be when Montresor locks Fortunato into the chains on the wall in the niche and realizes what is happening to him.

Answer 8

The moment of the greatest suspense and Horror is when Montresor murders Fortunato by enclosing him in the catacombs.

Answer 9

clever,devious, and insane.