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The Landlady: The Most Evil Villain

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The Most Evil Villain out of the following stories: The Black Cat, The Tell- tale Heart, and The Landlady, is none other than than The Landlady herself. The Landlady is the most evil villain because she lures young men into a comfortable environment, poisons them, and stuffs them like she is a professional taxidermist. What makes The Landlady most evil is that, her story isn’t written by her point of view, so you are lead to believe that she is just a lonely old lady, you don't know the thoughts going through her head, you don't know why she does what she does. You are in the mind of a seventeen year old boy and you resent him because he doesn't pick up on her strange actions, and you respect her for her coyness and charm. You know she has
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