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Comparing Tell Tale Heart And Prince Prospero's Masque Of The Red

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In conclusion, in both stories murder occur in different ways. In the Telltale heart, the narrator as a servant killed his master because of his supposedly evil eye. The narrator is being overconfidence by allowing to search his master’s bedroom, which he kept his masters body. So, he ended up by admitting the murder. In Masque of the Red Death, Prince Prospero throwing a big party while his people are facing the red death knows as pledges. He tries everything he can from escaping from red death but eventually, red death strike in his party and kills each and every

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