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

“The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Monkey’s Paw” both contain ominous endings alongside drastic actions among the characters to get their objectives completed. Both stories are similar because they both include the obsession over an object. In the “Tell Tale Heart” the narrator obsesses over an old man’s eye, and in “The Monkey's Paw” the narrator's obsess over a paw that grants wishes. Also both stories have an unknown ending. In the “Tell Tale Heart” it is unknown by the reader what happens to the narrator after he commits his crime, and in “The Monkey's paw it is unknown what happens after Mrs. White sees that there is nothing at the door. In contrast the stories are both different because one has characters with an objective of murder, and …show more content…
W. Jacobs, and “The Tell Tale Heart”, by Edgar Allan poe are similar because both of the main characters of the book obsess over an object that would not be significant in real life. To point out Both stories portray objects that bother the characters, and that cause the characters major problems within their life including driving them insane. In the “Tell Tale Heart” the caregiver obsesses over an old man’s ‘eagle eye’, and the ‘thumping of the dead man’s heart’. In “The Monkey's Paw” Mr. White and Mrs.White obsess over a monkey's paw that can grant three wishes to the owner. As mentioned in “The Tell Tale Heart”, “Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never given me insult. For his gold I have no desire. I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.” Therefore this proves that the caregiver is obsessing over the old man’s mocking eye, and that the eye is driving him to become irrational and at the same time making him seem less humane. As mentioned in the other story, the “Monkey's Paw”, Mrs. White, on of the main characters is driven insane when she realizes the paw ‘slaughtered’ her son. She ends up blaring and acting spastically when she thinks her lost son has ‘risen from the dead’, …show more content…
To elaborate“The Monkey’s Paw” is for the revival of the White’s son who died in a machine accident using Mr. White’s last wish on the paw. On the other hand “The Tell Tale Heart “ shows that the narrator is for the murder of the caregiver who has the vulture eye that is bothering him (the caregiver). As said on page 92-93 of “The Tell Tale Heart, “The old man’s hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once—once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done. But, for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.” This shows that the caregiver (narrator of the story) is for the murder of the old man, and that the story itself is for/about murder. To continue is explanation “The Monkey’s Paw” mentions on page 115 that Mrs. White forced her husband to use his second wish on the paw