“The Initiative that Destroys” Although both stories "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe, is told in the point of view of the narrator compelled by madness. And “How Much Land Does a Man Need” by Leo Tolstoy told in the third person about pahom a character driven by greed are similar focusing morality and dramatic irony, nevertheless both of the stories protagonist’s motives differ and directed them to the wrong path In “The Tell-Tale Heart” there are numerous cases of dramatic irony, for instance, the narrator kills an old man because something he considers a defect, his eye, and he fixates on it that he no longer sees the old man's character. According to the narrator's description "hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones; but I could see nothing else of the old man's face or person"(Poe 2). This quote relates to the sentence because it is ironic that the old man's could have been a genuine person, but his eye led to him being killed. His eye may be considered a flaw, however, the one with the real flaw is the narrator insanity and he himself doesn't realize it. …show more content…
As stated by pahom, "our only trouble is that we haven't land enough. If i had plenty of land, i shouldn't fear the devil himself."(Tolstoy 1). Pahom's assumed that if he can acquire a vast amount of land not even the devil cannot instill any fear in his heart, consequently it was the devil who triggered the turn of events that resulted in his