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Compare And Contrast The Interlopers And A Poison Tree

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The Interlopers by Saki and Poison Tree by William Blake are both very similar in how they show how grudges should not be held onto. In both of these stories, people die because of their selfish and unreasonable grudges. In “Poison Tree” and in “The Interlopers” two grudges end. In “Poison Tree” It states “I was angry with a friend: I told my wrath; my wrath did end.” and in “The Interlopers” it says “You shall be the first to be helped… We have quarreled like devils for all our lives over a stupid strip of forest.” These both prove that grudges shouldn’t be held onto because they were happy they let go afterwards. Another way the Interlopers and A Poison tree connect is how they both end. In A Poison Tree it says “In the morning glad I

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