Question

In “The Cask of Amontillado,” which statement BEST infers the value that Montresor places on his reputation?

“It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will.”
“He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells.”
“The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.”
"The Montresors," I replied, "were a great and numerous family."

Answer 1

“The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.”

Answer 2

Answer:

• “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.”

Explanation:

Montresor was wrathful, determined, and unforgiving. We know from the earliest starting point of the story that he is resolved to getting retribution for the "wounds" and "put-down" of Fortunato, and that he is patient, willing to hold up "finally" for a chance to emerge to enable him to accomplish his end. He doesn't once falter in his arrangement to kill Fortunato, delaying just once as he is bricking up the break in which Fortunato is fastened; and still, at the end of the day he dithers not out of uncertainty, yet out of dread that Fortunato has gotten away from his ties.

Furthermore, think about the Montresor family's proverb: Nemo me impune lacessit—“no one attacks me with impunity.." Here we have affirmation that the man is vindictive and discover that this retribution is established in his family's qualities and history. The man is pleased—he comes, all things considered, from "a great and numerous family," with a notoriety that he is troubled with maintaining.