A tale of two murders

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…proud of his accomplishments and wants someone to be amazed at his story. "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are gripping horror tells with many similarities and some differences. Coming straight from the minds of both narrators, who are obviously unreliable, the stories are taken to a new level of intensity. The plots of premeditated murder and the settings full of darkness show that Poe had the same basic outline for both stories.