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Similarities Between The Raven And Tell Tale Heart

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The madness of the characters in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" and "Tell Tale Heart" is similar because both are caused by something bird like, and yet they are different because both of them had different attitudes toward their madness. Both main characters in The Raven and Tell Tale Heart were mad, both having something bird like as the cause. In "The Raven" the man had gone mad because the crow had reminded him of his lost love when he had said "Nevermore". " "Wretch," I cried, "thy Got hath lent thee-by these angels he hath sent thee Respite-respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore; Quaff, oh, quaff this kind of nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." " (Pg.57). In "Tell Tale Heart" the man had gone

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