15551. "THE BLACK CAT" AND "THE TELL-TALE HEART" (EDGAR ALLAN POE). A comparison of these two stories, both of which are concerned with narrators with psychological problems who are overconfident they will be able to get away with their terrible crimes. The narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" is obviously mad; the narrator of "The Black Cat" blames his problems on supernatural forces, but he is also "unreliable" because he is an alcoholic. 8p., 24f., 6b.