A tale of two murders
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A tale of two murders:
Comparing the "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Tell-Tale Heart.”
Edgar Allan Poe has often been considered the father of the psychological thriller. Two of his best examples are "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado." Both are excellent short stories that tell of murder, revenge, and madness. The narrators of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and the "The Cask of Amontillado" are trying to convince the reader of their sanity
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proud of his accomplishments and wants someone to be amazed at his story. "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are gripping horror tells with many similarities and some differences. Coming straight from the minds of both narrators, who are obviously unreliable, the stories are taken to a new level of intensity. The plots of premeditated murder and the settings full of darkness show that Poe had the same basic outline for both stories.
proud of his accomplishments and wants someone to be amazed at his story. "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are gripping horror tells with many similarities and some differences. Coming straight from the minds of both narrators, who are obviously unreliable, the stories are taken to a new level of intensity. The plots of premeditated murder and the settings full of darkness show that Poe had the same basic outline for both stories.
