The Cask of Amontillado vs. the Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask Of Amontillado, both written by Edgar Allan Poe in the 18th century, are two tales that shows how Poe focused on the dark and mysterious. Both stories being written by the same author has a few similarities however there are also some differences. The narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart begins by persuading the reader that he is not mad, simply because he feels that his senses have been sharpened and he was ever so wise enough to stalk his victim throughout the night at midnight without being suspected of it. He also stated more than once that he was nervous. Mean while, Montressor in The Cask Of Amontillado seemed to be very confident . He is some what arrogant that he would be able to follow through with his plans of revenge on Fortunato. As the story continues in The Tell-Tale Heart, while trying to claim his sanity he explained just how much he was disturbed by the eye of an old man. "Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this!"(The Tell-Tale Heart,1984,paragrapgh 2). With that being said the narrator had no rational reason to commit such a crime. In Contrast, Montressor thinks that Fortunato is very deserving of his death due to the "thousand injuries" that Fortunato has committed. However, this story doesn’t reveal exactly what wrong was done to Montressor. Similarly, both stories involve elements of death where the narrators harm another human being. Montressor and the Narrator who seems to be some kind of caregiver of the old man in The Tell-Tale Heart are both considered the antagonists in the stories and were both conveyed through the murderer 's perspective. “ The use of a deranged first-person narrator amplifies the dramatic impact of the tale and this takes place through the story 's visual, aural, and poetical dimensions. Because he sees the crime carried out from

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