Comparing Cask Of Amontillado And The Most Dangerous Game

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I am comparing the short stories The cask of Amontillado by edgar Allen Poe and the Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell. The similarity is they both involve killing. The differences are one is killing for fun the other is killing for revenge. One took place on a island the other at a fair and catacombs. One started over a insult the other over things he hunts.
The similarities are they both involve killing people (p.26) (p.12). They are killing innocent people. They both started as friends at first then they turned on each other. They were out to kill each other. They both had a plane whether it would work or not they don't know.
The differences are one of the people are killing for revenge (p7) the other for fun (p26). In the Cask

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