Subtle Differences: A Comparison of the Narrators of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat"

While they may seem similar in many ways, the narrators of both "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" are actually very different, The means by which each are exposed in the end are completely different, their amount of sanity (or lack thereof) is another characteristic that separates the two men, along with the amount of planning involved in the murders that each of the men committed. These are three major reasons that make these …

…the narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" oh-so-carefully planned out every detail; from how he would dispose of the body, to when he would make his "move", every single movement was mapped out. This takes an inconceivable level of psychosis. As you can see, while the two men seem alike on the outside, they really aren't at all. From the way they think, to the way they act, these two murderers are in fact, very different.