end of the story, he killed his wife in an 4attempt to kill the cat. Afterwards, the narrator does not even feel remorse for the wrongful death of his wife. Instead, he is just happy that the cat disappeared. This is just another instance in which the reader wonders what is the driving force begins the narrator's insanity. Buranelli, "In both Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" and his "The Black Cat", the barraters act without conscience. There are no doubts, hesitations or second thought to impede the narrative. Both narrators just sought revenge". Even though there are many more elements to Edgar Allan Poe's short stories than just his creative use of narration and setting, these are characteristics that have attracted the most attention. Poe has a way of writing in which he does not have to reveal too much, or paint a pretty picture for the reader in order to attract his attention. In D.H. Lawrence's Studies in Classic American Literature, the author states, "Poe's narrowness is like that of a sword, not that of a bottleneck: it is effective rather than constricting. Nothing adventitious is in his great stories, only the essentials, and the minimum of characterization, plot, and atmosphere. By ridding himself of everything except what is precisely to the point, he achieves unity of effect. ". There is also a prominent distinction between right and wrong in Poe's stories. Viscous characters tend to come to a bad end. This lets the reader accept these endings as a triumph of good over evil. As stated by Buranelli: "He has created a universe, given it psychological laws without denying the existence 5of the moral law, and peopled it with characters appropriate to such a universe. Putting overt mortality out of bounds helps to give him uniqueness". After reading Edgar Allan Poe stories more in depth, I now have a much greater respect for him and a slightly different perspective of his stories. While it is still evident...
