“A wrong is not righted when the punishment surpasses its righter. It is equally irreparable when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such by the one who committed the evil” (1238). In this case, Forunato publicly insulted and humiliated Montresor multiple times, and in doing so paid for his actions in Montror's eyes. “I had borne Fortunanto's thousand insults as best I could; but when he dared to insult me, I swore revenge” (1238). This is the only rule we see in the tale supported by the avenger. When Montresor took Fortuanto to the catacombs, Fortuanto was very drunk. But when Montresor trapped him and began to build the wall, he quickly sobered up and began to realize what was being done to him, and from