This
paper discusses how Edgar Allan Poe led a bizarre and tormented life that undoubtedly influenced his
writings, which revealed dark aspects of his nature. His writings, specifically "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are examined in this paper as
examples of his form of writing. The writer shows how many scholars make connections between Poe and psychoanalysis in these two ways: how his
work reveals himself, and how his work says something about the workings of the mind of the
murderer. Included are specific examples from the two aforementioned stories that illustrate these points.