One of the most famous authors in American history is Edgar Allen Poe, thanks to his intricate and disturbing stories and poems. One of the strongest aspects of Poe's writing style is the charm and complexity of the story's narrator. These narrators, ranging from innocent bystanders to psychotic killers, add depth to such a short tale and really allow Poe to explore the themes of death and death. murder that he seems to have an unhealthy obsession with. Furthermore, he uses these narrators to give a different perspective in each of his many works and to truly disturb the reader about what happens throughout the story The narrators, be they an innocent witness to the death as in "The Fall of the House of Usher" or a twisted murderer as in "The Cask of Amontillado", are used by Poe to discuss the themes of death and murder within these stories and, depending on their point of view, give a different view of such a despicable act as murder. To fully understand Poe's use of narrator, it is necessary to summarize the two previously mentioned stories. “The Cask of Amontillado” is the story of the narrator Montresor, who wishes to take revenge on his acquaintance Fortunato. He lures Fortunato to his basement so that Fortunato can examine a rare wine called Amontillado. While in the deep crypt Montresor offers Fortunato more and more wine so much so that when Fortunato arrives in the area where the barrel is kept he is heavily drunk. Montresor then chains Fortunato to a stone and begins building a wall, trapping Fortunato inside the crypt to die as Fortunato screams and begs for his life. Montresor, hearing his pleas for mercy and life, ignores them and continues building the wall knowing that no one will ever find the body of the unfortunate Fortunato. “The Fall of the House of Usher” which revolves around an unnamed narrator who goes to visit Roderick Usher, a childhood friend who has been feeling very ill physically and emotionally and has requested the presence of the narrator. Roderick lives in this dark, gloomy and dilapidated house that has been in his family for many years together with his twin sister. It is said that soon after her arrival her twin sister died because she apparently had no pulse. She was suffering from an unknown illness and Roderick decides to bury her in the basement of the house.