Happy endings do not come with ill-gotten riches, but yet the defiant spirit of greed drives characters like Marion and Tom Walker to their fateful deaths. In the short story "The Devil and Tom Walker", written by Washington Irving, is about Tom Walker who begins with a miserly life with a grumpy wife only to make a deal with the devil and live as a corrupt money lender. In the film Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the story of Marion Crane who steals forty thousand dollars from a rich client, flees and stops at the Bates Motel. She is killed by "Norma" Bates, a second personality of Norman Bates and her murder is left to her sister, Lila and her boyfriend, Sam. These two storylines share a main character from modest backgrounds and have the possibility of s enrich but through unethical means. The main theme of the thriller Psycho and the short story "The Devil and Tom Walker" is that greed has its consequences with the atmosphere of suspense and worry that was developed by the strong and overwrought emotion. Plot needs, thematic ideas such as greed has consequences, will lose their meaning. The foundation of Psycho was the climatic atmosphere that allowed the film to become a classic thriller. The shadow of the killer stabbing Marion repeatedly and the screaming violins playing throughout this scene immersed the audience in the film until they found themselves in Cabin One. Even Marion's death was foreshadowed by her drive to Fairvale, the irony of ending up at the Bates Motel and the setting foreshadowed her tragic end. In Gothic literature, storms frequently accompany great events and they are metaphors for horror ... middle of paper ... left in a pitiful situation, and the whole country resonated with the consequent cry of "times difficult”. (183). Tom had eagerly accepted a job in which he had to lend money at excessive rates at a time of public distress. Tom “squeezed his clients” to accumulate the wealth he had long desired. This greed has led to moral corruption. by Tom Walker and he was already in a state of low morals. Irving showed his criticism of northern English towns by commenting on the crime the town spawned, as Tom leaves the interior of Charles Bay to go to Boston for his new job. Irving and Hitchcock chose death as the ending ultimatum for their main characters. In reality, the consequences are usually not that dire. Exaggerating consequences underscores the crucial theme that actions motivated by greed, regardless of their intentions, are destructive..