Compare the ways Wilkie Collins, Edgar Allen Poe and Roal Dahl create the characters of the villans and the atmosphere of suspense and horror in the short stories we have studied.

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Compare the ways Wilkie Collins, Edgar Allen Poe and Roal Dahl create the characters of the villans and the atmosphere of suspense and horror in the short stories we have studied.

In the three short stories 'The Tell-Tale Heart', 'Lamb To The Slaughter', and 'The Ostler', there are many similarities and many differences, for instance, 'Lamb To The Slaughter' is quite a modern story is was written in about 1950, but the other two stories were written in the 19th century, so the language is quite different, Collins and Poe use quite gothic language, whereas Dahl does not tend to use any gothic language .

Another difference between the stories, is that we believe the villain in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' is mad, he seems to live on his own (apart from the old man). This is also the same for 'The Ostler', Rebecca Murdoch is slightly more mysterious, but we do know her name and her gender. But we never actually see into the mind of Rebecca, whereas, we see everything from the viewpoint of the man in 'The Tell Tale Heart'.

In 'Lamb To The Slaughter', we are not lead to believe that Mary Maloney is mad.