Use Of Suspense In The Tell Tale Heart

Tense , violent, and suspense set the mood of Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Tell-Tale Heart.” First the text says,”I undid the lantern cautiously-oh, so cautiously, cautiously, I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye” (80). The mood is suspenseful because of the language and used in the repeating of the word how to create the suspense. The text says cautiously three times so it means the narrator under the lantern very slowly and carefully. Next the text says “I cut off the head and the arm and the legs. I refrained instead still but the beating grew louder, louder! I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. Violence is the mood in the section because of the action of the test and because