“The Black Cat” short story by Edgar A. Poe resembles another story that he has written; The Black Cat resembles “The Tell-Tale Heart” in various ways. The first echo between the two stories is the way the narrator presents himself from the beginning of the story. In both stories the narrator is trying to convince the reader, and himself, that he is sane. This style of introduction that is trying to persuade the reader that he is levelheaded, is consistent between the two stories. Along with the correlation of introductions, the story lines seem to be parallel as well. In both stories, the bodies of the murdered were buried in the same household. In the Tell-Tale-Heart the old man was buried under the floorboard, and the wife in The Black
