Edgar allan poe was a freakass Edgar Allan Poe’s stories, “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Black Cat”, both have many similarities and a number of differences. Both stories include aspects of death, alcohol, betrayal, and tombs. One difference is in the ways that the murders took place and how in one story the character was caught and the other getting away freely. Poe uses alcohol , betrayal, and dark settings to use as themes in these two stories. One of the main similarities of these two stories is the aspect of death. In the Cask of Amontillado, Montressor trapped Fortunato behind a brick wall where he left him to die due to starvation and lack of oxygen. Poe also included death in the story, The Black Cat, where the narrator murdered his cat, attempted to murder his second cat but hit his wife with an axe when she interrupted him, leaving the second cat to near death. In most of Poe’s stories he is sure to add death as a major aspect. The Black Cat did not only have one death but two and nearly even three. “The Cask of Amontillado” however only held one death. It is seen now that it is a necessity for Edgar Allan Poe to have his stories plots around death. Some of the other similarities in these two Edgar Allan Poe stories are the use of alcohol and betrayal. Montressor kept Fortunato intoxicated on their way down into the catacombs so Fortunato would not question and could be easily manipulated into thinking there was actually wine that deep underground. Alcohol in Poe’s story is used for manipulation and to bring out the worst in the characters involved. Poe also incorporated betrayal into both of these stories. The narrator in “The Black Cat “betrayed his wife by brutally murdering her and even his own pet cat. In a marriage, the husband and wife are supposed to love, care, and trust each other, the narrator betrayed that trust by slaying his wife. Fortunato believed that Montressor was his friend and ally in “The Cask of Amontillado”. He went with...