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Essay Comparing The Monkey's Paw And Tell Tale Heart

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The Monkey’s Paw and Tell-Tale Heart were terrifying. The Monkey’s Paw was written by WW Jacobs, and had a very suspenseful ending where their dead son that was brought alive again just disappeared. While Tell Tale Heart was very dramatic and poetic, it was written by Edgar Allen Poe, and is about a man who murdered an old man because the old man made him uncomfortable. The thrill that the monkey's paw and tell-tale heart brought was horrifying. The horror in the Monkey’s Paw and tell-tale heart is thrilling. The Monkey’s Paw is a paw that grants 3 wishes in a horrifying way, first it killed someone in a machine so that money could be given to the wisher back in old England; and in tell-tale heart the main character kills and old man. The story is very eerie,’ “Badly hurt”, he said quietly, “but he is not in any pain.”’ W.W Jacobs #112; and in tell-tale heart, ‘I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.’ Edgar Allen Poe #89. The mom wished for a lot of money; so the monkey’s paw …show more content…

Even though she was afraid of it, she still wanted her son back; so she wished for her son to be alive again, and the dad was afraid the paw would be tricky with this wish. In tell-tale heart the main character stared freaking out after chatting with the police. As far as I could tell she sounded nervous and desperate, ‘“Wish”, she cried in a strong voice.’ W.W. Jacobs #115. In Tell-Tale heart, ‘But, ere, before long, I felt myself getting pale and wished them gone.’ Edgar Allen Poe #94. As you could probably tell, she was desperate and furious at her husband to wish their son alive again. The quotation from Tell-Tale Heart tells the reader that the main character doesn’t want the police to be there. This proves that these two stories are suspenseful, as you could

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