Similarities Between The Raven And The Cask Of Amontillado

Intellect Versus Emotion In the two short stories, “The Raven” and “The Cask Of Amontillado”, written by Edgar Allen Poe, the contrast between realism and romantic ideas are used by the author to thoroughly scare the reader. In “The Raven”, the main character is an extreme realist that undergoes a romantic change from being haunted by a raven that reminds him of the death of his ex-lover Lenore. He keeps telling himself throughout the story, “’ tis some visitor… tapping at my chamber door- only this, and nothing more’”(189 The Best Of Poe; The Raven). The main character only does this to act tough in a sense, when the audience really knows that he’s actually shitting his pants knowing that a bird is talking to him. He keeps trying to