The Tell Tale Heart Symbolism Essay
“One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it.” In the story “The Tell-Tale Heart” Poe uses the eye to symbolize the main character’s anger and frustration towards the old man.
In the beginning of the story, Poe uses the eye to symbolize the main character’s anger and how it builds up throughout the story. ‘I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.’ This excerpt shows the main character's connection to the eye and as the story goes or the angrier he gets because of the eye. This anger also leads him to the actions he makes throughout the …show more content…
‘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. I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye-not even his-could have detected anything wrong.’ This piece of text evidence describes how the main character got rid of the corpse and uses his anger to hide the corpse in the floorboards for revenge. ‘I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die!-and now-again!-hark! louder! louder! louder!-”Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed!-tear up the planks!- here,here!-it is the beating of his hideous heart!”’ This excerpt shows how the main character’s anger is revealed when the officers catch him in his crime. Furthermore Poe uses the old man’s eye to symbolize how the main character’s anger and frustration are revealed throughout the
In the beginning of the story, Poe uses the eye to symbolize the main character’s anger and how it builds up throughout the story. ‘I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.’ This excerpt shows the main character's connection to the eye and as the story goes or the angrier he gets because of the eye. This anger also leads him to the actions he makes throughout the …show more content…
‘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. I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye-not even his-could have detected anything wrong.’ This piece of text evidence describes how the main character got rid of the corpse and uses his anger to hide the corpse in the floorboards for revenge. ‘I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die!-and now-again!-hark! louder! louder! louder!-”Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed!-tear up the planks!- here,here!-it is the beating of his hideous heart!”’ This excerpt shows how the main character’s anger is revealed when the officers catch him in his crime. Furthermore Poe uses the old man’s eye to symbolize how the main character’s anger and frustration are revealed throughout the