Montresor plans to exact his revenge on Fortunato by killing him, so that certainly involves the idea of death. Montresor feels he has been injured too many times by his proud nemesis, so he comes up with an idea to use Fortunato's pride against him. Montresor lures Fortunato to his family's catacombs with the promise of a cask of special Spanish wine (which Fortunato will naturally anticipate is not real; he will go with Montresor to insult him when the wine turns out to be an imitation). All the while, the niter affects his breathing, making it more and more labored, and Montresor keeps plying him with wine so Forunato becomes more intoxicated. When they finally arrive at the furthest reaches of the catacombs, Montresor chains Fortunato into a recess in the wall and slowly bricks him in, burying him alive so he suffocates or starves and dies alone, with the knowledge that his pride led to his death.
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