The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe: A Review
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.
The Tell Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator remains nameless and sexless in the story. He or she takes care of an old man with whom the relationship is unclear. At the beginning of the story, the narrator says that he loved the old man but he hates his eye and he or she believes that the eye is evil. He or she confesses that the one and only reason for killing the old man is his eye: "Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees - I made up my mind to take the life of the old man". The narrator begins the story by trying to convince the reader that he or she is not insane. The fact that the old man 's eye is the only motivation to murder proves that the narrator is… well… insane.
For seven nights precisely at midnight, the narrator enters the old man 's room to observe the eye. On the eighth night the narrator enters the room and the old man sat suddenly in his bed, crying out "who 's there?" the narrator stood still for over an hour, as did the old man who did not lie back down. Then he or she opened the lantern slightly and the ray was on the eye only. This made the narrator go furious and he moved to the old man who shrieked once, he or she dragged him off his bed and killed him. The old man 's body was chopped and buried under the planks of the floor. The police came because of a shriek reported by a neighbor. He or she invited them and they
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.
The Tell Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator remains nameless and sexless in the story. He or she takes care of an old man with whom the relationship is unclear. At the beginning of the story, the narrator says that he loved the old man but he hates his eye and he or she believes that the eye is evil. He or she confesses that the one and only reason for killing the old man is his eye: "Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees - I made up my mind to take the life of the old man". The narrator begins the story by trying to convince the reader that he or she is not insane. The fact that the old man 's eye is the only motivation to murder proves that the narrator is… well… insane.
For seven nights precisely at midnight, the narrator enters the old man 's room to observe the eye. On the eighth night the narrator enters the room and the old man sat suddenly in his bed, crying out "who 's there?" the narrator stood still for over an hour, as did the old man who did not lie back down. Then he or she opened the lantern slightly and the ray was on the eye only. This made the narrator go furious and he moved to the old man who shrieked once, he or she dragged him off his bed and killed him. The old man 's body was chopped and buried under the planks of the floor. The police came because of a shriek reported by a neighbor. He or she invited them and they