WMG / The Hangman

The narrator lets the Hangman kill him at the end for a reason.

Allegory aside, it seems weird that the narrator makes no attempt to save himself once the Hangman announces he will be his final victim. He and the Hangman are literally the only townspeople still alive at this point, so there is no fear of other townspeople still supporting the Hangman and stopping his attempt to make a run for it. And while it is strongly implied that the Hangman is much bigger and stronger than anyone else, such that he could effortlessly subdue and kill the narrator in a hand-to-hand fight, he allows the narrator to believe that they are going to dismantle the gallows before revealing the truth, making one wonder why the narrator would just stand under the noose long enough for the Hangman to place it around his neck, instead of yanking it down or clutching it in such a way that the Hangman can’t kill him with it. But of course, the Hangman tells the narrator that he was his most faithful servant on account of letting him murder everybody else without objection, so at that moment the narrator has a Heel Realization and understands that he is just as much a murderer as the Hangman, deserves his punishment, and allows himself to be executed for the sake of justice. (Though, in that case, one still wonders why he doesn’t try to take the Hangman with him.)