The Tell Tale Heart Essay
Symbolism in Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart
In Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator claims that he is not "mad" but his behavior tells a different story. He is truly determined to destroy another male human being, not because of jealousy or animosity but because "one of his eyes resembled that of a vulture- a pale blue eye, with a film over it" (1206). The narrator sees the man with this ghastly eye as a threat to his well being, but it is he who is a menace to his own being. He kills the man with pride only to concede to his horrific crime due to his guilt-ridden heart. His heart is empty, except for the evil that exists inside which ultimately destroys him.
The narrator insists that it his duty to kill the man with the evil eye because he can no longer bear to observe the horrifying sight. He has become obsessed with the eye and when he conceives his ultimate plan he says "it haunted me day and night" (1206). Just as he describes the man's eye as similar to that of a vulture, the narrator suddenly bares the resemblance of a true vulture. He is now a preda...Symbolism in Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart
In Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator claims that he is not "mad" but his behavior tells a different story. He is truly determined to destroy another male human being, not because of jealousy or animosity but because "one of his eyes resembled that of a vulture- a pale blue eye, with a film over it" (1206). The narrator sees the man with this ghastly eye as a threat to his well being, but it is he who is a menace to his own being. He kills the man with pride only to concede to his horrific crime due to his guilt-ridden heart. His heart is empty, except for the evil that exists inside which ultimately destroys him.
The narrator insists that it his duty to kill the man with the evil eye because he can no longer bear to observe the horrifying sight. He has become obsessed with the eye and when he conceives his ultimate plan he says "it
In Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator claims that he is not "mad" but his behavior tells a different story. He is truly determined to destroy another male human being, not because of jealousy or animosity but because "one of his eyes resembled that of a vulture- a pale blue eye, with a film over it" (1206). The narrator sees the man with this ghastly eye as a threat to his well being, but it is he who is a menace to his own being. He kills the man with pride only to concede to his horrific crime due to his guilt-ridden heart. His heart is empty, except for the evil that exists inside which ultimately destroys him.
The narrator insists that it his duty to kill the man with the evil eye because he can no longer bear to observe the horrifying sight. He has become obsessed with the eye and when he conceives his ultimate plan he says "it haunted me day and night" (1206). Just as he describes the man's eye as similar to that of a vulture, the narrator suddenly bares the resemblance of a true vulture. He is now a preda...Symbolism in Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart
In Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator claims that he is not "mad" but his behavior tells a different story. He is truly determined to destroy another male human being, not because of jealousy or animosity but because "one of his eyes resembled that of a vulture- a pale blue eye, with a film over it" (1206). The narrator sees the man with this ghastly eye as a threat to his well being, but it is he who is a menace to his own being. He kills the man with pride only to concede to his horrific crime due to his guilt-ridden heart. His heart is empty, except for the evil that exists inside which ultimately destroys him.
The narrator insists that it his duty to kill the man with the evil eye because he can no longer bear to observe the horrifying sight. He has become obsessed with the eye and when he conceives his ultimate plan he says "it