# Fortunato — Short Fiction character guide

> Fortunato in Short Fiction by Edgar Allan Poe.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the Lady Fortunato

**First appearance:** 0063-the-cask-of-amontillado

## Snapshot

A respected Italian connoisseur of old wines whose one vanity—his palate—makes him the perfect mark for a smiling enemy.

## Who they are

Fortunato moves through carnival in motley, greeting his friend with excessive warmth and boasting of his taste in vintages. He prides himself on sincerity in wine even as he plays the quack in painting and gems. That single weakness, and his eagerness to prove a rival's inferiority, draw him willingly into the vaults where the narrator's long-nursed revenge waits.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_14_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_rivalry_

Fortunato is the narrator's enemy, whom the narrator lures into a catacomb to exact revenge for unspecified insults.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_14_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_rivalry_

Fortunato is the narrator's enemy, whom the narrator lures into a catacomb to exact revenge for unspecified insults.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_14_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_rivalry_

Fortunato is the narrator's enemy, whom the narrator lures into a catacomb to exact revenge for unspecified insults.

## In the story

### [The Cask of Amontillado](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_14_se/chapters/the-cask-of-amontillado)

The victim, a proud wine connoisseur, is lured into the catacombs and entombed alive.

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