Comparison of 'The Tell Tale Heart & The Black Cat

1. Name:-Gohil Poojaba S
Roll No:-3
Semester:-3
Paper No:-10 The American Literature
Submitted to:-DEPT of English M.K.U.B

2. Brief about Edgar Allen Poe:-
 Born on January 19,1809
 American writer,Editor & Literary critic
 Best known for his Poetry & Short Story
 'The Black Cat'
 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
 Poetry:-'The Bless'
 'The City in the sea'

3. Brief about both the Short Story:-
 The Tell Tale Heart
 1850
 A Murder's guilt
 Anger is placed on the
Direct object
 Twisted story
 The Black Cat
 1845
 Horror story about A Cat
 Anger is on an animal
whom he had no prior
hate with
 Twisted story

4. The Narrator in both the Short
Story:-
 Nameless person
 Both giving an update of their life in the beginning
 Who the story is & where are they from..?
 Trying to convince the readers that The Cat or The Old
Man made them commit their crimes

5. Subject in both the story:-
 Evil is not about Monsters, Fantastic Heroes or The
Supernatural but they all about ordinary,seemingly real life
situations where readers can find themselves in the
characters
 Fear is in the center which Poe has mastered

6. The End of the both story:-
 Twisted End
 "What the hell just happened here"
 Both the narrator incriminate themselves
 "Is Poe using this to try & teach us a lesson about our
own consciousness"

7. Conclusion:-
 Poe's technique reflects in the present story's character
 Psycic mentality of the character
 Inner hate or sentiment force to come out
 Ending style is even support the content
 The Tell Tale Heart has different ending as it has the
clear ending picture at very beginning while The Black
Cat has traditional one