In rhythm requiescat", (p.184) and also because this story is in the first person, the narrator is the first characters and we can only see the point of view of it. Montresor and by leaving aside certain things like this person is hiding something this gives the story a touch of reality, we can also see it in the short story by Guy De Maupassant where the story is told by a third person so the information contained in the story are limited to a character who didn't know where Mr. Lantin's wife got the jewelry from, this makes the story more real, as if you are actually getting the story of someone who was there and doesn't go into much detail because he or she doesn't want to