Essay Archive - A Murderer's Journey Through The Works of Dostoyevsky and Poe
A Murderer's Journey Through The Works of Dostoyevsky and Poe
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 a normal....
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