Rebecca (and a bit of Hamlet just because)

So last class I really liked analyzing the scene where Maxim killed Rebecca after reading that we all understood why Maxim did it, but its important to remember he was telling the story to our narrator. He tells the story of how he got to that point. But story telling is interesting because the narrator usually only tells what they want you to hear, and the listener only hears what they want to like the narrator during Maxim's story after he tells her about the cliff she thinks "he had never loved her, never, never. They had never known one moments happiness together. Maxim talked and I listened him, but his words meant nothing to me"(278).
Whats the point of communicating if no hears it?
Why tell this story? What does the narrator get from hearing all of this? Which brings me to Hamlet, my favorite Shakespeare play. Hamlet is never on the same page with really anyone except the audience. He does not think that anyone in the kingdom heres him and they don't. He realizes in his death the importance of telling your story to anyone who will listen, even for a little bit. That small piece of Maxim's story puts the narrators mind at ease.