Edgar Allan Poe and Charlotte Perkins Gilman were both successful in making the objects of their stories, "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Yellow Wallpaper," form their own identities, and even points of reason, through their use of syntax, point of view, and personification. The authors use major characters in the first person participant to narrate both stories, which supports the unreliable narrator. This enhances the story by giving the reader added insight into a subject …showed first 75 words of 838 total…

…showed last 75 words of 838 total…strange, provoking, formless sort of figure that seems to skulk about behind that silly and conspicuous front design" (473). Unlike Poe's eye, Gilman uses the wallpaper as a symbol of her main character. Although the two authors have very similar styles of writing and techniques to convey a unique sense of mental instability, their pieces have their differences, which include the comparison of violence to larthargia, which most likely comes from the authors personal writing background.