As a narrator, Montresor can best be described as an unreliable narrator.
Explanation:
In most cases involving reading and/or literature, an unreliable narrator refers to a narrator who cannot be depended on or trusted. This is typically present in first person narration. In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Montresor is most viewed as an unreliable narrator because for one, he’s a character in the story he is narrating, which already deems his perspective to be likely to be untrue. Additionally, he has a set view of Fortunato that is biased. This is shown where he says that Fortunato wronged him, but the way that Fortunato wronged him is never explicitly mentioned in the story. To add to this, the plot of the story overall clearly displays Montresor’s manipulation. If you ask me, it seems he was the one who wronged Fortunato. The narrator also does not reveal everything about the past and what May have led him to say Fortunato wronged him. Because of this misconception, Montresor is seen as an unreliable narrator.
Some keep a diary
Seems like a fantasy
But it may require some love and desire
It's something to cover me
There's never a guarantee
That loving is so easy
Some may define it as sugar and brownies
But sour just as lime is
Ooh, nai-a-nai
Ooh, nai, nai-nai, na-na-nai
Nai, na-na-nai
Ooh, nai-a-nai
Ooh, nai, nai-nai, na-na-nai
Nai, na-na-nai
Some of the ocean breeze
Somewhere you promised me
A love like a fire, no fears, no denial
Just something to gladden me
I feel electricity
Your lighting is guiding me
I fear that I like it
No place we can hide it
So hard not to find it
Ooh, nai-a-nai
Ooh, nai, nai-nai, na-na-nai
Nai, na-na-nai
Ooh, nai-a-nai
Ooh, nai, nai-nai, na-na-nai
Nai, na-na-nai
The reason why we don't give up on our love is simple
We're like the sun and moon
We like to see each other shining bright
We have tonight, tomorrow
And the other days that follow
We have to try to make things right
I'll sing to you like
Ooh, nai-a-nai
Ooh, nai, nai-nai, na-na-nai
Nai, na-na-nai
Ooh, nai-a-nai
Ooh, nai, nai-nai, na-na-nai
Nai, na-na-nai
The reason, the reason, the reason why
(Your teacher will cry if you’ll show this)
