Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, And Masque Of The Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe is a prominent writer who wrote many peculiar and uncanny short stories and poems. One of the stories Poe wrote, “The Tell Tale Heart,” published in 1843, is about a narrator who is paranoid about an old man’s eye, so he decides to eradicate it. Another story by Poe, “The Cask of Amontillado,” published in 1846, is about a narrator who seeks revenge on his friend because, in the past, he was insulted by him. Both stories contain narrators, which are mentally unstable, but the narrator’s traits, their motives for the murder, and how their guilt is exhibited differ.

Edgar Allen Poe was a great author in the 18th century. He is the author of both The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado. Both of these stories show the dark and mysterious ways of the narrator. Well, these stories have been written by the same author. Hence, they have some similarities and differences. Poe is a great writer who can describe a scene in one paragraph. The stories have the right tone and a gloomy mood. Edgar Allen Poe being the author of The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado, he shows some similarities like the mood of the narrators though there is a difference in the characteristics of the narrators. The narrators have similar motives and mental states though their plans of action and the outcomes of their crimes are different.

Conflicts affect the mood of the main characters in a story, by expressing the insecurities, Death,” a couple of conflicts are exposed throughout the piece. In the story “The Masque of the Red,” a couple of conflicts are expressed throughout this piece. The conflicts man versus fate and man versus himself are the conflicts that are displayed several times within this story. From major conflicts to minor conflicts, this story clarifies the problems that Prince Prospero faces within himself. In addition to Prince Prospero’s problems with himself, this story also explains the conflict of how death is uncontrollable.

Edgar Allan Poe is an influential writer known for his eerie stories. One of Poe’s most recognized works, “The Tell Tale Heart,” published in 1843, is about a mentally ill narrator who despises an old man’s eye, so he decides to murder him. Another one of Poe’s works, “The Cask of Amontillado,” published in 1846, is about the unstable narrator, Montresor, who decides to seek revenge by murdering the man who has wronged him. Even though the two narrators are mentally unstable, the narrator's actions, the way they reveal their motives and how their conscience acts upon them greatly differ.

Edgar Allen Poe, completely transformed the horror genre with his tales reflecting the psychological depth and insight of the the human conditon not previously seen (Poe Museum, no date). Despite his alignment with the horror genre, he was initially taken in by the romantic ideals of consumption. This is portrayed in one of his early short stories, ‘Metzengerstein’, from 1832, where despite the majority of the story following many gothic conventions, the protaganist’s mother dies of consumption. The narrrator of the story asserts that ‘…it is a path I have prayed to follow…I would wish all I love to perish of that gentle disease’ when referring to the mother’s impending death. The narrator’s desperation to die from consumption is implied through the use of the verb ‘prayed’. This verb has connotations of wishing or hoping strongly for a particular outcome (Oxford Dictionaries, 2017): despite the horrific and drawn out process of the disease that we now understand in the 21st Century, this character still desires it thus reflecting the general insensitivty towards the disease. Although influenced early in his career by the romanticized stance on consumption, he changed his portrayal of the disease completely in his short story ‘The Masque of the Red Death’, published in 1842. Very little had advanced in the medical understanding of consumption, but between Poe writing the aforementioned text and ‘The Masque of the Red Death’, his own wife had contracted the disease

In "The Masque Of The Red Death", Edgar Allan Poe uses words and phrases to create an effect. He uses bold and dark words to help his readers be able to picture a very good image of the story and the mood that he wants to set. When he claiming that, "no pestilence had ever been so fatal ", that let the readers know that is was probably a very strong and gruesome disease that killed many of the town people. When Poe starts the story he starts by describing "The Red Death" and its symptoms. He described it as, "sharp pains, sudden dizziness, profuse bleeding at the pores with dissolution", "seizure process and termination of the disease were the incident of half and hour", he lists the symptoms as if it were a recipe, he is very straightforward and uses words that give an image to every symptom, he completely lets the reads know that "the red death" was a very nasty painful disease and you could imagine how much it made the characters suffer all in half

“The Masque of the Red Death” and “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allan Poe are somewhat different. The major themes of these stories differ significantly, as does the emphasis placed on each character which dealt more to The Cask of Amontillado” than to “The Masque of the Red Death” Regardless of this, the stories are similar in many ways. For instance, both belong to the literacy of the gothic genre, it shared a small theme, and the characters shared a lot of the same characteristics. Poe known as a great writer how was his overall literary style determined for these two short stories?

Edgar Allan Poe is known for some of the most horrifying stories ever written through out time. He worked with the natural world, animals, and weather to create chilling literature. Two most notable thrillers are “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”. Poe was infatuated with death, disfigurement, and dark characteristics of the world. He could mix characters, setting, theme,and mood in a way that readers are automatically drawn into reading. Both of these short stories have the same major aspects in common.

The harsh irony of “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Masque of the Red Death” shows running from your fears instead of confronting them only encourages it to find one even faster. The old man in “The Tell-Tale Heart,” for instance, isolates himself in his room because of his fear of death. The narrator explains, “So you see he would be a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night, just at twelve, I looked in upon him while he slept.”(75). This quote suggests that the old man knows that someone is watching him, and because of this he becomes paranoid that the person watching him will kill him. Like “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the main character in “The Masque of the Red Death,” Prince Prospero, runs away from death and: “summoned to

In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” irony occurs throughout the story. For example,irony occurs when the old man tries to keep evil out by barring his windows. Poe writes, “Its room was as black as a pitch with the darkness(for the shutters.)” (page 62,paragraph 4.)By looking at this quotation we can see that the old man was afraid of being robbed. To avoid being robbed the old man put bars on his windows so “evil” couldnt get in. This method did not work because evil is inside the narrator.

Recently, I have read two short stories: The Tell-Tale Heart and the Cask of Amontillado, both by Edgar Allan Poe. I am going to compare and contrast these 2 stories by showing you how different yet similar they are. I believe that if you dig down deep enough you will find that even if you didn 't know that they were both written by Edgar Allan Poe, you would have been able to guess it. He has a distinct style of writing. Many, if not all, of his short stories have unwelcoming endings and a sort of dark glamour. Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809.

Samuel Butler once said, "If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.” Both death and suffering are normal in life. Death and suffering can and will happen during a person's life. Death is unavoidable, and is a form of closure. On the other hand, suffering is a way of living and is brief. Edgar Allan Poe's stresses these themes in his stories. The two stories where death and suffering are most evident are "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Masque of the Red Death". Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Masque of the Red Death" illustrates that death and suffering shouldn't be feared topics for they are a part of life.

The narrators in “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Black Cat,” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” want readers, to understand why they behaved liked psychopaths. However, because of the circumstances, these narrators prove unreliable and we can’t help but to identify them as psychopaths and sympathize with their victims. Psychopath is defined as a mental disorder in which an individual can act normal, but has extreme anger issues. A psychopath can usually live a normal life, but when they are alone a different person comes out. They don’t like to be tested with their abilities because it makes them feel weak. These people don’t have relationships and learn from failures.

The two works being examined are The Cask of Amontillado and The Tell Tale Heart. Both stories are written by Edgar Allan Poe, and they are both in gothic genre. Most of Poe’s literary works are from the gothic genre, which inspired me to use these to pieces of literature. Simply because, they both have very similar plots. Though these two stories are very similar, they also vary.

Fear is beneficial. Being cautious in the world is a survival skill and alerts you about your surroundings. Fear is like a restraint holding you back from the temptation of irrational acts. Except when the fears releases and lead to paranoia. Sometimes fear clouds the mind of rational thoughts therefore, it that may or will become an obsession. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “ The Tell-Tale Heart”, “ The Pit and the Pendulum” , and “ The Masque of Red Death”, all of the main characters experience fear. Edgar Allan Poe uses symbolism, irony, and imagery to illuminate how fear distorts the protagonist's mind and resulting in such fear.