Identify a central idea common to "I felt a Funeral, in My Brain" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" and make a claim about how Dickinson and Poe develop and refine this idea.

The reader can conclude that the sniper is because a. human, he feels conflicted about the old woman. b. intelligent, he has the face of a student. c. daring, he lights a cigarette even though it is dangerous. d. athletic, he has survived until now.