| Distinguishing Elements in Poe's Works | "The Cask of Amontillado" | "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
| Otbuse Police Officer | No | Yes (Three Officers) |
| Mathetmatical (Calculative) Police Force | No | No |
| Insanity | Yes | Yes |
| The Supernatural | No | Yes |
| Crime Presented as Grotesque | Yes | Yes |
| Genre Classification | Gothic horror | Gothic horror |
| Justice as a Theme | Yes | No |
| Revenge | Yes | No |
| Date of Publication | 1846 | 1843 |