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The two are very similar to each other however, hallucinations affect one's five senses so unlike delusions instead of just thinking an idea one can actually see, feel, or hear it. They are basically “Sounds or other sensations experienced as real when they only exist in the person’s mind.” Auditory hallucinations are the most common where one may hear things that don’t actually exist.Another common hallucination is visual hallucinations where one may see non-existent objects or people, it may even be the case that one instead doesn’t see something (“Schizophrenia” 1). Actually in “The Tell-Tale Heart” the narrator appears to suffer from a multitude of hallucinations. The most prominent one is probably when he heard “the beating of the old man’s heart” Even though he is across the room. (Poe 3). Obviously this was a hallucinations most likely he was very nervous and perceived his own heartbeat as coming from an outside source. Clearly he is under hallucinations that make it hard to realize what reality