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A 3 page paper which examines the themes of guilt, insanity and evil in Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Black Cat,” and “The Cask of Amontillado.” No additional source cited.
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evil to illustrate the inner workings of the criminal mind, while also illustrating the inner workings of the human mind as well. Poe had a way of delving into the
darkest regions of the human psyche, illustrating realities that most people would not admit, and focusing on actions most people would not take. But, at the same time his works
clearly speak of things the average reader can understand and somehow relate to, indicating that his focus on guilt, insanity, and evil are perhaps reflections of how all people, criminal
or not, possess such traits. The following paper examines these themes in his short stories "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Black Cat," and "The Cask of Amontillado."
Guilt, Insanity, and Evil in the Works of Edgar Allen Poe In understanding how Poe uses guilt, and insanity and evil in his short stories
iti s beneficial to examine the beginnings of each story. Each story offers up a narrator telling his story, as though he were a madman trying to convince the reader
he is not mad. This clearly sets the stage for guilt, insanity, and evil. In "The Tell-Tale Heart" the narrator begins: "TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had
been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad?" (Poe [3]). In this the reader is immediately told that the narrator is mad because he seems so
insistent that he is not mad and there is a great deal of stress on words, being capitalized, and the repetitive nature of words. People who argue that they are
not insane are often insane as they try to justify their acts, in this case an evil act of murder. The narrator further states, "I heard all things in the
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