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Characters are interesting subjects to those who are studying literature. No two are exactly alike, nor ever could be, and each author has their own methods to their development. A good author can offer a reader insight into the character through many methods, but it's the insight into the character's self-struggle that offers the most intrigue; an intrigue that can only reveal the true nature and life of that character. From two separate authors, we will examine characters from two stories and offer a study into the methods of the authors development of characters through their self-struggles.

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator can be identified through many different ways, and each way will slightly alter the insight into the character's nature. Impressions are made on the reader through the narrator's reactions to certain events throughout the story, such as murdering the old man and the encounter with the police.

First, the narrator's reaction to......

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