Edgar Allan Poe?

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I'm doing an essay on the similarities between The Tell-Tale Heart and The Fall Of The House Of Usher. Any ideas???

2007-01-07 14:30:51 · 3 answers · asked by ceci_*220* 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help

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Try these points:

1. Both involves a house/building that professes sentience.
2. Guilt and the human conscience and how Poe portrayed them
3. The theme of mental illness
4. Corpse interred in the house

Good luck!

2007-01-07 15:14:32 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. man about slum 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Both are in the first person. Both narrators are of questionable sanity.

2007-01-07 22:37:31 · answer #2 · answered by texazlady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

both have to do with murder.both have to do with the darkness inherent in humanity

2007-01-07 22:40:58 · answer #3 · answered by mycatreads 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋