2. MONTRESOR: He is another Italian nobleman who, he said, had been insulted by Fortunato and bowed fatal revenge. CHARACTERS FORTUNATO: He is an Italian nobleman who was an expert in matter of old wines and liked drinking a lot.
3. In Poe’s times, maybe during the early 1700s, in Italy. The carnival feasts, welcoming Lent. Montresor´s catacombs. SETTING