The Tell-Tale Heart Vs The Black Cat

Within “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Black Cat,” the narrators share similarities in their view of an individual and in their actions. Both narrators claim that they are sane as their senses have been evidence to support them and by having the ability to wholly retell the events that had transpired. In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the narrator kills an old man, however he had no ill will against him, stating, “I loved the old man” (“The Tell-Tale Heart”). His fury was at the old man’s eye, which he deemed to be vexing him. He chopped the old man apart and hid the parts under the floorboards. He was so proud of his work that when the police came, he took them to the spot above the body: “In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into