Some people believe that most murderers have a mental illness which causes them to commit their crime. This belief is strongly disagreed with by the authors Edgar Allan Poe and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Crime and Punishment, "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Black Cat",and "The Cask of Amontillado" are very similar in this contradiction. Each murderer takes a specific journey that has been illustrated in each case. The psychological make-up of each murderer shows that he is …showed first 75 words of 1708 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1708 total…each piece of literature. Bibliography Dostoevsky, Fyodor Milchailovich. Crime and Punishment. Markham: Penguin Classics, 1983. Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Black Cat". Great Short Works of Edgar-Allan Poe. G. R. Thompson. New York. Perennial Library, 1970. 390-401. Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Cask of Amontillado". Great Short Works of Edgar-Allan Poe. G. R. Thompson. New York. Perennial Library, 1970. 496-503. Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Tell-Tale Heart". Great Short Works of Edgar-Allan Poe. G. R. Thompson. New York. Perennial Library, 1970. 384-390.