Question

Is Montresor successful in achieving the kind of revenge he set out to do? How does he feel about his revenge?

Answer 1

Montresor's revenge scheme is unsuccessful because it does not ultimately fulfill either of his two rules of revenge: “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity” and “the avenger [must] make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong” (Poe 848).