The main character has vowed to avenge Fortunato for reasons unknown. He lures a drunk Fortunato into his "cellar" which resembles a crypt. He gets him down there by telling him that he has a bottle of Amontillado and wants to know if it's real. He makes comments saying "oh well the other man can do just as good of a job..." Fortunato has to prove a point and goes down into the cellar with the main character. Once in the basement, the main character chains up Fortunato and walls him into the a nook in the wall.
In my opinion this story follows the lines of Marxist Criticism. The main character has vowed revenge upon Fortunato from the very first paragraph, but we are never told exactly why. That has brought me to believe that our main character is in a power struggle with Fortunato. Fortunato insulted him and now he wants his revenge. In getting his revenge he will step up into Fortunatos spot and become the most respected of the two. When the two men are going down into the cellar, the main character constantly makes comments about Fortunato's cough. I believe that he wanted Fortunato to suffer as much pain with the cough as our main character did with the insults he took. Our main wants revenge, and power over Fortunato. Power and property are two key Marxist functions, and our main character wants both.
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