Edgar Allen Poe, the author of "The Black Cat" and "The Cask of Amontillado", wrote both short stories in similar ways, but at the same time the two are very different.
The Black Cat and The Cask of Amontillado are very similar in some ways. Both include a lot of symbolism. In the Black Cat, the narrator calls his cat Pluto, to symbolize death and the underworld, and in The Cask of Amontillado, the coat of arms and the Montresor family motto are symbolic of Montresor's evil character, which, like the serpent in the insignia, intends to get revenge. In both stories, the narrator tries to co…
