The Cask of Amontillado: Irony and Foreshadowing Doom, death, and murder are all fates that the tool of foreshadowing gives away in “The Cask of Amontillado Hints of unavailable,” by Edgar Allan Poe. Foreshadowing is defined as a device or means by which the author hints at something to follow. We all know within the opening of the story that the hero is a villain to the unsuspecting Fortunato. “The Cask of Amontillado” is about a man named Montresor, who seeks revenge on his friend Fortunato because of jealousy. We notice that he seeks revenge when the story starts of with Montresor saying, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato ....

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