Compare And Contrast The Tell Tale Heart And The Cask Of Amontillado

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"The Tell-tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are two mystery story written by Edgar Allan Poe. Both stories are told by a narrator who committed a murder to someone close to them for reason that are not explain clearly explain in either of the stories. Similarly, both narrator had intricate plans to murder their victims and premeditated every step. In the Cask of Amontillado the narrator convinces Fortunato to come into his basement where he buries him in a brick wall. In The Tell-tale Hear the narrator check the old man every night and also had a proof plan to dispose the body. However, the narrator of The Tell-tale Heart was found out guilty by the police of murder but in the other story, Montresor the narrator was not discover for