A single characteristic of a main character can be the force that shapes a story. Many times the certain aspect of a character leads to all the events of a story. Sometimes the outcome can be good, and at other times bad. Sometimes the trait leads to the destruction of another character, or the destruction of the main character himself/herself. Whatever the outcome the story is, it will be one that most people will …showed first 75 words of 302 total…

…showed last 75 words of 302 total…continue in the pursuit of the cask of Amontillado. Finally, he leads Fortunato to an alcove, where he ties him and begins to build a wall sealing the entrance. Though he becomes sick in the process, he completes the deed and leaves Fortunato to die in the cold, damp, dark wine cellar, where no person would ever find him. His need for revenge leads to the punishment of Fortunato as the climax of the story.