Comparison of Poe Stories
Edgar Allen Poe is arguably one of the greatest and most renown writers and poets of his time, and of all history. His unique and sometimes disturbing style of writing captivated all audiences across the world, from adults to children. Poe had various themes that ran throughout many of his stories. His themes ranged from insanity, murder, concealment, madness, to premature burial. I compared the two stories " The Tell Tall Heart" and the "The Black Cat", they are somewhat similar in theme, but have many differences. Both of the Stories were written in the 1840's and frightened their audience, because no one had ever seen a style of In both of these stories Poe writes the story from the perspective of the murderer. In "The Tell Tall Heart " he writes it from the perspective of the narrator who kills the old man. In "The Black Cat" he writes it from the perspective of the narrator again. The narrator was a alcoholic and he ended up killing his cat and his wife. There is also a theme of concealment in both of these two stories. In "The Black
That's the only reason he killed the old man was to destroy the eye. The narrator hated the eye, it haunted him, so to get rid of the eyes he killed the old man. In " The Black Cat" the narrator has no reason to kill his cat. He just wanted to get rid of the eye, for it had haunted him. Then right when the police were getting ready to leave the narrator heard a heart beating in the floorboards. In "The Tell Tall Heart" The narrator's conscience got him caught by the police. rrator swung a axe at his cat and by accident he hit his wife. He screamed "villains, I admit the deed". In "The Tell Tall Heart" there was only one murder and that was the old man. In "The Tell Tall Heart" the narrator plans out to murder the old man he took care of. He said "You fancy me mad, madmen know nothing". In both stories the police came to investigate and question the narrator. In "The Black Cat" the cat got the narrator caught by the police. The old man had a eye that resembled a vulture. In "The Tell Tall Heart" the narrator keeps telling the audience he is not crazy.
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