Comparing The Tell-Tale Heart And The Monkey's Paw

Ever think about murdering someone for the imperfection? Or, wished for something but would give you something worse in return? These two stories have, but are you sure you want to hear them? These stories will not only be about one`s decision making, but about the lesson that is learned in the end. “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Monkey`s Paw”, both with a cause-and-effect relationship caused a feeling of suspense, terror, and regret.

First of all, “The Monkey`s Paw” is a cause-and-effect story that talks about a family and a monkey`s paw that would grant them 3 wishes. The family of 3; Mr. White (father), Mrs. White (mother), and Herbert (son) lived in a small parlor of Laburnum, bumped into a man called Sergeant-Major Morris as he stumbled

The man was not only crazy, but he was smart, if you met him you would probably think he was ordinary, but you would be very wrong. He had an obsession, a very deep and dark one that could not get out of his mind. The man was planning to kill his victim, and only because of his imperfection… his pale, grey, blue eye. He could not stand looking at the old man`s eye, it made him feel disgusted. “I loved the old man, he had never wronged me, never gave me an insult, for his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye, yes! It was. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold, so I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.” (Edgar Allan Poe, 89). Every night at 12am he would open the door just the slightest bit so not even he could hear his entrance. One night he decided to go all in and finally bid the old man death by putting a pillow over his head and before with a death cry of his killer. In the end, the man had his turn; the cops had a report of a scream that night. Of course, he had already hid the body and the cops were satisfied, but his guilt and regret with a little craziness took over and forced him to confess of the murder of the dear old