The Landlady And The Possibility Of Evil

The theme of “The Landlady” and “The Possibility of Evil,” are things are not what they seem. In “The Landlady,” the owner of a little bed and breakfast is an old lady, but she’s hiding the true purpose of her bed and breakfast. She somehow knows when the person she selects is in town and she summons them into her bed and breakfast. Where she then acts all innocent and drinks tea with them. Soon readers realize that something's not right, and start to notice the signs. This short story ends up with the visitor being poisoned and dying, later he is stuffed by the Landlady. Similarly, in the short story “The Possibility of Evil,” the town's oldest resident is proud and a perfectionist, but to a drastic point. She constantly brags about her family