Contrast in Tone and Plot between the two stories

Contrast in Tone and Plot between the two stories

Introduction

The purpose of this study is to expand the boundaries of our knowledge by exploring some relevant facts relating to the great contrast in tone and plot between these two dream-state stories, Woolf's "A Haunted House" and Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." In the next section, we will examine the contrasting factors between the two poems.

Discussion & Analysis

A Haunted House

In 1921 Virginia Woolf published her first collection of short stories, titled Monday or Tuesday, which included "A Haunted House" as the opening piece. Although she continued ...