The Raven, The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart characters

Appears from the start

A grieving student sitting alone late at night and trying to distract himself with books. His thoughts keep returning to Lenore when an unexpected visitor begins tapping at his door and window.

Appears from the start

The woman mourned by the narrator. She never appears directly, but his memory of her shapes his questions about loss, consolation, and whether they can meet again after death.

Appears from the start

A black bird that flies into the narrator's room and perches above the door. Its solemn bearing amuses him at first, and it answers his questions with the same single word.

First appears in chapter 2

A calculating man from an old family who meets Fortunato during carnival. He privately claims that Fortunato has insulted him, but hides his hostility behind concern and courtesy.

First appears in chapter 2

A wealthy wine enthusiast dressed in a jester's costume for carnival. Proud of his expertise and already intoxicated, he follows Montresor to judge what is said to be a rare cask of Amontillado.

First appears in chapter 3

An unnamed speaker who insists that unusually sharp senses prove sanity. The speaker describes an obsessive terror of one of an old man's eyes and a carefully concealed plan formed around it.

First appears in chapter 3

A harmless older man who lives with the narrator and has shown no hostility. One pale, clouded eye becomes the sole object of the narrator's fixation.