Brittany Dellinger. Ms. Walker. Eng 231 K6C. 20 April 2017.

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 two short stories “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amontillado” share similar and different characteristics. Both written by Edgar Allen Poe, these stories involve murder, possibly insane narrators, and weak victims. They both also contain the theory of madness and obsession. Although these stories share many similar aspects, they differ in murder justification, murder execution, and final outcome of each situation.

Love is such a strong power that the only way to overcome it is to kill it. Edgar Allan Poe’s emotion twisting stories “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell Tale Heart” had many similar, yet different aspects throughout the stories, regarding different topics. One of those being the different motives for killing a person you are close with. Another being that one murderer was caught while the other one wasn’t. Then, finally, the fact that both murders were premeditated. The similarities and differences between the stories all start with the reasons for the murders.

Edgar Allen Poe’s tale of murder and revenge, “The Cask of Amontillado”, offers a unique perspective into the mind of a deranged murderer. The effectiveness of the story is largely due to its first person point of view, which allows the reader a deeper involvement into the thoughts and motivations of the protagonist, Montresor. The first person narration results in an unbalanced viewpoint on the central conflict of the story, man versus man, because the reader knows very little about the thoughts of the antagonist, Fortunato. The setting of “The Cask of Amontillado”, in the dark catacombs of Montresor’s wine cellar, contributes to the story’s theme that some people will go

“The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amontillado” written by Edgar Allan Poe are dark short stories relevant to murder, revenge, and mystery. Poe writes both stories in a Gothic style in order to deal with ideas of realism. One may ask were the murders and punishments justifiable in either short story? One may also ask did Poe accurately depict realism in each story? Realism, defined as a technique in literature that accurately represents everyday life, is questioned in Poe’s works: “The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amontillado.” Complete analysis of Poe’s work clearly portrays realism. Poe uses literary devices such as irony, motifs, allegories, imagery, tone, foreshadowing, and symbolism to depict realism in his works, “The Tell

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 Allan Poe is one of the most celebrated literary authors of all time, known for writing very suspenseful, dramatic short stories and a poet; is considered as being a part of the American Romantic Movement, and a lesser known opinion is he is regarded as the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. Most recognized for his mystery and macabre, a journey into the dark, ghastly stories of death, deception and revenge is what makes up his reputation. The short story under analysis is a part of his latter works; “The Cask of Amontillado”, a story of revenge takes readers into the mind of the murderer.

Edgar Allan Poe is known for helping spread the Gothic and Horror genres. Many of his stories are tragic and deal with murder, depression, and the gruesome part of life people usually try to escape by reading. One topic he covered well was revenge and how one's own personal hell differs from person to person. His short story, “Cask of The Amontillado” is called one of the greatest written short stories of all time. In this story he uses color images, dramatic irony, and vision to take the dark downward spiral of revenge and fear while showing the reader how toxic and unforgiving behavior can affect someone.

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the best horrors Master. And it is possible to confirm with his story Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado. Both of these stories are written in the first person from the point of view of the two killers. These stories have as similar and different elements such as tone, irony, image and symbols.

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is a frightening and entertaining short story about the severe consequences that result from persistent mockery and an unforgiving heart. Poe’s excellent use of Gothicism within the story sets the perfect tone for a dark and sinister plot of murder to unfold. “The Cask of Amontillado” simply overflows with various themes and other literary elements that result from Poe’s Gothic style of writing. Of these various themes, one that tends to dominant the story as a whole is the theme of revenge, which Poe supports with his sophisticated use of direct and indirect factors, irony, and symbolism.

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.

Sierra Gomez Ms. Durapau English 1302 8 March 2016 Reading the Tale When writing a short story, authors tend to use multiple literary devices to ensure the tone and mood is set. Edgar Allan Poe is famous for making his short stories chillingly detailed and creating many symbols throughout. “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story about a man’s descent into madness and his own mental conflict. A seemingly insane man tells the story in first person and it is apparent from the beginning that the story will be creepy because of Poe’s many uses of eerie details and literary devices. In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, Edgar Allan Poe creates an ominous mood through the use of setting, diction, and symbolism.

"Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality."

Like many of Edgar Allen Poe's works, The Tell-Tale Heart is a dark story. This story focuses on the events leading to the death of an old man, as the sanity of his killer crumbles. Poe uses irony and first-person perspective to show a sense of paranoia within the story.

Horror is a popular genre today and the genre is able to bring up many feelings in the readers or viewers. Feelings like fear, oppression and disgust are often used and the narrator creates a frightening or mysterious atmosphere. Edgar Allan Poe was one of the authors who wrote in the horror genre. He often created macabre situation in his tales where he mixed horror and humor. This can be seen in two of his short stories “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amontillado” where the narrators in both stories commit a murder. The two murderers do not seem to have many second thoughts about committing the crime. People going so far would normally feel remorse but in the "The Tell Tale-Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado", the narrators only feel guilt for