... story through the eyes of an unreliable narrator and the use of irony, Poe makes the reader examine the internal mental process of a man over the edge. From the first line of the story, one can already detect that the narrator is not completely truthful with his audience. He exclaims; "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but ... commit evil by luring them to a certain place to consume. The story's end brings light on his further light onto his paranoia and guilt. Just as Montresor is about to finish the wall, Fortunato begins to laugh because he believes the ...

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