Define perversity and explain how it impacts the stories "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart."

The two
narrators in the stories and are perverted. delved into the perversity of each of his
protagonists to find what compelled them to commit his crime.

What does the
word perversity mean? The word itself is a noun derivative of the word perverse. The Oxford
English dictionary defines perverse as the opposite of what is morally right or good; someone
who is perverse is wicked or evil or debased. Thus perversity is the act of being
perverted. 

How does perversity impact these stories? In todays vocabulary,
if someone is perverted, it usually is a sexual reference.  This was not true of Poes
perversion.  His perversions were the human misdeeds of one person against another animal or
human being.

In The Black Cat, the narrator acts because he knows that he
should not.  The man had an impulse to commit a sin and an uncontrollable longing to impose his
will.  This man was corrupted by alcohol; therefore, his...

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