What similarities exist between "The Black Cat" & "The Tell-Tale Heart"? I have an idea that they both relate animals and animal-like characteristics...

One similarity between
"" and "" is that the narrator is transformed from a healthy, rational human
being into a monster. In "The Tell-Tale Heart," the narrator goes mad from watching
the vulture-like eye of the old man, while in "The Black Cat," the narrator is
deranged by alcohol. In both cases, the formerly sane narrators commit heinous crimes. The
narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" slays the old man, while the narrator in "The
Black Cat" kills the cat and later his wife.

In both tales, the
narrator is done in by supernatural elements that represent his guilt. In "The Tell-Tale
Heart," the narrator almost gets away with killing the old man until he hears the beating
of the man's heart and confesses to his crime. In "The Black Cat," the narrator is
almost able to escape the police when he raps on the wall in which his wife is immured. In
response, a loud wail breaks out, and his wife's body, along with the cat, is...