unreliable

[Dave Meury]

I was taught that Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" provides a good
illustration of the unreliable narrator. Although we do not know the
nature of "injuries" and insult imposed upon the narrator by Fortunato,
the interaction between the characters belies the severity of the
offenses implied by the nature of the revenge.  The horror is compounded
by the narrator's apparent belief that his actions are justified, though
he briefly tips his hand when, right before he puts in the last stone,
he says, "My heart grew sick -- on account of the dampness of the
catacombs."
 
I know, Nabokov and or Pynchon but not Poe.  I'm just not finished with
Pale Fire yet.
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