Have you ever took the time and wondered what the differences and similarities were about two books you have read? There are two short stories that are very similar yet different. These two short stories that will get you sitting at the edge of your seat are called “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl and “Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe. These two stories get you wondering what was going to happen next and wanting to read more. About these stories will be talked about, “The Landlady”, “Tell-Tale Heart” and the differences between the two, and the similarities.
“The Landlady”, and “Tell-Tale Heart” are very different. I the end of “The Landlady” nobody knew where the fate of Billy Weaver was going to go since Roald Dahl did not tell the end of …show more content…
In both stories there are caretakers, the butler and the landlady. Both of these caretakers are psychopathic, and desire either their boss or the people they are taking care of. The type of writing that is used in both of the stories is foreshadowing, in this style of writing authors put in little warning signs or an indication of what is going to happen next. For an example on page 171 in “The Landlady” it says, but the air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks. This sentence is foreshadowing the deadly actions of the landlady. In both stories people were killed by their caretaker. Two words that would describe the two stories are mysterious and cliffhangers. Both of the caretakers also killed their boss or their customers because they desired something. In “Tell-Tale Heart”, the butler killed his boss because he wanted his eye to go away, in “The Landlady”, the landlady killed her customers because she had an addiction of stuffing her pets and customers. Lastly, the end was mysterious so you wondered what was going to happen next.
In conclusion, you found out that even if two stories were very similar they also have differences. The two short stories that were talked about in this essay were called “The Landlady” and “Tell-Tale Heart.” These two stories have similarities as having creepy caretakers, and their desires to kill people because they wanted something. They had differences as one started with a warm kind of feeling to the story, while the other one started with a creepy start. Next time you read two stories, would you compare them and see their similarities and
“The Landlady”, and “Tell-Tale Heart” are very different. I the end of “The Landlady” nobody knew where the fate of Billy Weaver was going to go since Roald Dahl did not tell the end of …show more content…
In both stories there are caretakers, the butler and the landlady. Both of these caretakers are psychopathic, and desire either their boss or the people they are taking care of. The type of writing that is used in both of the stories is foreshadowing, in this style of writing authors put in little warning signs or an indication of what is going to happen next. For an example on page 171 in “The Landlady” it says, but the air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks. This sentence is foreshadowing the deadly actions of the landlady. In both stories people were killed by their caretaker. Two words that would describe the two stories are mysterious and cliffhangers. Both of the caretakers also killed their boss or their customers because they desired something. In “Tell-Tale Heart”, the butler killed his boss because he wanted his eye to go away, in “The Landlady”, the landlady killed her customers because she had an addiction of stuffing her pets and customers. Lastly, the end was mysterious so you wondered what was going to happen next.
In conclusion, you found out that even if two stories were very similar they also have differences. The two short stories that were talked about in this essay were called “The Landlady” and “Tell-Tale Heart.” These two stories have similarities as having creepy caretakers, and their desires to kill people because they wanted something. They had differences as one started with a warm kind of feeling to the story, while the other one started with a creepy start. Next time you read two stories, would you compare them and see their similarities and