Why are the monkey's paw and tell-tale heart stories horror?

"The Monkey's paw" is uncanny and horrible. "The Tell-Tale-Heart" is striking because of its insanity and wickedness, but the reader feels trapped inside the narrator's mind and shares his fear and dismay when his crime is exposed.

1.) is true

2.) is false

answer: d.she abandons people when they least expect it.

in the monk's tale, we encounter seventeen stories that relate historical events. all of these stories have tragic commonalities. they tell the stories of heroes who, despite their success in life, all met sad ends. the monk blames these sad outcomes on fortune. one of fortune's traits is that she abandons people when they least expect it. this is one of the most common themes of medieval tragedies.