The Monkey's Paw And In The Tell-Tail Heart

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There are similarities and differences in books and shows they are never the same. I am going to compare and contrast five short stories to their plays.
There are differences in the setting like it is limited in propes and space and the time period. One of the setting differences is that in the monkey's paw there was no chess game in the play but is was in the story and they had to fill the hole with talking. There was also a lack of stairs in The Monkey's Paw and in the Tell-Tail Heart. Their for they had to change the arranging of things to be just on one floor. Another one is that in The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow it did not focus on the school that much in the play it was just a minor thing while in the story it was a major thing and part

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