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How does Poe's use of unreliable first-person narrators affect our reception of his stories (refer to at least 2-3 stories)? In general, Poe uses first-person viewpoints in stories such as The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, and Ligeia because the subjectivity inherent in a first-person account emphasizes human fallibility while adding a layer of confusion and darkness to the narration.
A Narrator by definition breaks the Fourth Wall by addressing the audience to tell them the story. Sometimes, the Narrator is also responsible for presenting An Aesop to the audience at the end of the story (as in The Twilight Zone and its imitators). To be a Narrator, the individual must directly relate to the story in some way, if only as the person telling it.