The pardoner's tale
Theme: sin of manSummary: the Knights were searching for death so they could kill it.
The casket scenes
Theme: wisdom or luckSummary: three men chose which casket that contained the woman's picture
Paradise lost
Theme: fall of man, sinSummary: satan's beginnings
The celestial railroad
Theme: deception, pride Summary: a man, who wants to get to heaven, decides to take "the easy way"/ celestial railroad
The necklace
Theme: dishonesty, prideSummary: a woman borrows a necklace, loses it, than has to work very hard to earn money to replace it
God lives
Theme: joySummary: a woman decides to cure her husband of depression by clever trickery
Father zossima's brother
Theme: redemption, change of heartSummary: a guy, who didn't believe in God, grew ill, and then he had a change of heart and believed
The startling painting
Theme: reality Summary: a painting of Christ's death, shows reality
The notorious jumping frog
Theme: luck, deceptionSummary: a man always wins bets, but when he takes part in a frog race against a Cheat, he loses
The teapot
Theme: Pride, humility, brokenness Summary: a teapot is broken, but is used as a planter
Little girls wiser than men
Theme: forgiveness, fighting Summary: two girls playing, start to fight, then the whole town starts arguing, but the two girls have already made up amidst the turmoil
A man and a snake
Theme: fear, imaginationSummary: a man is terribly afraid of snakes, and he dies of a fit or fear when he sees a fake snake
Christmas bells
Theme: true peaceSummary: a poem about Christmas during the war
The schoolboys story
Theme: love, forgiveness Summary: the schoolboys taunt and tease the old cheese man, but in the end he forgives them
The hiltons holiday
Theme: simple pleasuresSummary: two country girls take a break from work and go on a holiday
The cop and the anthem
Theme: povertySummary: a homeless man tried to get arrested over the cold winter months
The mansion
Theme: Pride, true richesSummary: a man is trying to but his way into heaven, expecting a mansion but instead he gets a shack
The hammer of god
Theme: blameSummary: a man kills his brother with a hammer but no one suspects him
The tell tale heart
Theme: guiltSummary: a man murders another man because he has an evil eye
Stolen fruit
Theme: sinSummary: the narrator was recalling his past sins of stealing, in which he would steal for no reason at all, but for the fun of it
