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The Tell-Tale Heart

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“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” vs “The Tell-Tale Heart” Three in four people have played a sport in their childhood. They had the variety of many different options of which sport they would like to follow. While having many different choices, each sport being unique in its own way, they all can relate as all of the sports make people more fit. The same could be said in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce and “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe. In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” the main character, Peyton Farquhar, wants to go North for job opportunities, but he has to get through the Owl Creek Bridge and sneak his way past the soldiers guarding it. In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” an unnamed narrator is vexed by this old man’s deformed eye who lives in the same apartment as him, and the narrator’s actions could get the better of him. Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” while having many differences, they are alike in theme and purpose of craft moves. Both texts share the idea that the characters were lead a path to their demise. In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” as Farquhar tried to get north for his job opportunities, …show more content…

However, even though Peyton did look back at his memories with his family as he died on the Owl Creek Bridge, the theme to take away is that one’s actions could lead to bigger problems. This is a better theme for this passage due to the fact that if Peyton didn’t try to cross the Owl Creek Bridge, he would’ve never faced the consequence of being chased and killed by the soldiers who protect having any movement on the bridge. Nevertheless, Peyton did this risky behavior, but he was caught, captured, and killed because of his previous action of trying to cross the

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