Edgar Allan
Poe's story The Tell – Tale Heart presents murderous act done by a boy and
confessions done later. Poe describe that our heart really can hide the inner
reality. Despite desire of secrecy, our heart reveals what there is.
The story
begins with the narrator telling us that he's not insane. He claims his senses
are sharpened and he is able to hear sounds in heaven, Earth and hell (but he's
not crazy). He then discusses his "idea." He's not sure how the idea
entered his mind, but once it entered he had to kill the old man (remember,
he's not crazy). He then concludes it was the old man's eye that prompted the
murder.
he narrator
opens the door of the old man's bedroom seven consecutive midnights. On the
eighth night, he opens the door, hears the old man's heart, smothers him to
death with a mattress and dismembers his corpse (but he's not crazy). It's
apparent the narrator thinks he suspects that we suspect madness because he
claims this next piece of evidence will convince us he really isn't mad: he
places the dismembered corpse under the floor planks in the old man's room (I'm
not convinced).
When the
police arrive, the narrator invites them to sit right above the dead body.
Everything is going well until the narrator hears the old man's heart and
confesses (to the crime, not to insanity).
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