Question

Which excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart" best illustrates that the narrator is unreliable

Answer 1

The statement “I smiled,—for what had I to fear? I bade the gentlemen welcome. The shriek, I said, was my own in a dream. The old man, I mentioned, was absent in the country. I took my visitors all over the house.” makes the narrator sound as unreliable. In the statement, the meaning is that the narrator lied to the visitors. He is making stories that can please and gain the trust of the visitors.

Answer 2

The answer is A according to e2020