Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Edgar Allan Poe\u27s Use of Concealment

In his short stories “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Black Cat,” and “The Tell-Tale Heart,” Edgar Allan Poe uses the act and outcomes of concealment as a way to deal with guilt and introduce consequence. By examining each of these examples, we can see that how and where Poe\u27s narrators hide the bodies of their victims directly impacts their mental health and how quickly their crimes are discovered