Tell Tale Heart Rhetorical Analysis

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Tell-Tale Heart is more suspenseful than The Monkey’s Paw due to indecisiveness. For example, in the Tell-Tale Heart in paragraph 11 it states,’’He shrieked once--once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him.’’ (Poe 2) supporting this evidence to state my claim, in the beginning of the story in paragraph 1 it states, ‘’I heard all things in heaven and hell.’’(Poe 1) This clearly shows the mindset of the man and what possible decisions he will make in the future. Comparing this to the Monkey’s Paw, in the text it states, ‘’Hold it up in your right hand and wish aloud, said the sergeant-major, but I warn you of the consequences.’’ (Jacobs 2) This clearly shows that the man will take the risk of making
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