Death Penalty In Tell-Tale Heart By Edgar Allan Poe

Bang!! The gavel hits the table as the main character is tried and the attorney needs to find the right punishment. The story “Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe is about a mentally ill man who kills another man. It is in the perspective of the killer. He wants to kill his target since his unusual eyeball which was described as “pale blue eye with a film over it” annoyed him. He waits for over a week to plan his kill. He can only be annoyed if the eye is opened. After the eye is revealed to the killer, he swiftly kills the man and hides the corpse. Based on the evidence presented in the 8th Amendment of the Death Penalty the main character should be sentenced to death being the narrator killed the man rather mercilessly, and dismember the body. To begin, one action that deserves death is how violently he kills the poor chap. He throws a bed of the man. As stated in the text, “In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him.” Also,
The author says, “First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs. I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings.” (1843, Poe) This is a pure insult to injury, or in this case death. Normally, someone might burn it in the fireplace or throw it in the trash. Also, the smell would be overpowering. One special trait that makes him differ from others is how determined he is. He has great deal of inward strength to smell that and watch his organs splatter everywhere. This comes to show how cruel people can be. Even though people treat most mental people with excess respect, he is an exception. People like him cannot be running free which leads to the conclusion. Although, since he is a bit mentally challenged, he could be spared of the death penalty and be sent to a special hospital and imprisoned for