They have much in common both being unreliable and mad.
But to the differences.
In the Cask of the Amontillado the narrator is angry and bent on revenge.
In the tell-tale heart the narrator is sincere and acts our of paranoia.
The narrator is the killer. They are the same person.
Yes the narrator of 'The Tell-Tale Heart' is insane - likewise the narrator of 'The Cask of The Amarillo' although not quite badly. However all Gothic literature doesn't have to have an insane narrator. in fact the majority of Gothic literature has perfectly sane narrators in a gruesome world.
The narrator fears the neighbors will hear the beating of the old man's heart.
The mood of Poe's story the tell tale heart is nervous confusing tense and uncomfortable. The decision Poe made regarding the narrator that adds to his mood was that he lets the killer do the narration. His narrator is mentally ill.The mood of Poe's story the tell tale heart is nervous confusing tense and uncomfortable. The decision Poe made regarding the narrator that adds to his mood was that he lets the killer do the narration. His narrator is mentally ill.
The narrator. He wasn't given a name, but in the story he was referred to as 'I.'
Other than the title, The Telltale Head being a play on The Telltale Heart the similarities lie in The Telltale Heart having the narrator, who is presumably the murderer, being haunted by the sound of the victim's beating heart. Bart, who is also the narrator of The Telltale Head briefly, is haunted by the voice of Jebidiah Springfield.
First person narrative with an unreliable (nay mad) narrator.
One example of onomatopoeia in "The Tell-Tale Heart" is the sound of the old man's heart beating loudly, which is described as "thump, thump, thump" as the narrator becomes more and more agitated by the noise.
Peter West has written: 'The telltale heart'
Treasury Men in Action - 1950 The Case of the Telltale Heart 4-5 was released on: USA: 24 September 1953
The mood in "The Tell-Tale Heart" is tense and suspenseful, with a sense of paranoia and dread. In "The Cask of Amontillado," the mood is dark and sinister, with a feeling of revenge and impending doom.
In "The Cask of Amontillado," the narrator, Montresor, becomes ill due to the damp, cold catacombs where he lures his victim, Fortunato, to exact his revenge. The combination of the damp atmosphere and the physical exertion of leading Fortunato deeper into the catacombs contributes to Montresor's sickness.
The narrator
Rude Awakening - 1998 Telltale Heart 3-13 was released on: USA: 14 September 2000 France: 5 May 2002 Hungary: 11 January 2009
The sound that drives the narrator to confess the crime is a heart; (the heart of the man he killed or the his own?)
Narrator
Three of Poe's works are The Raven; The Tell-tale heart and The Cask of Amontillado.