What Is The Tell Tale Heart Theme Of Insanity
In the story of “The Tell-Tale Heart” the narrator committed a horrible crime. He was a son to the old man. They they loved each other. He could not stand the old man’s eye that ressembled a vulture to the point where he killed the old man because of it. Who would kill someone they love because of an eye they did not like? He is insane and therefore not guilty but reasoning of insanity.
The narrator is triggered by the vulture like eye of the old man. For instance, in the story it says, “ For it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye (Poe 203).” This shows that he thought of an eye as evil, which a sane person would not think. According to the text another example is, “ I made up my mind to take the life of the old man and thus
The narrator is triggered by the vulture like eye of the old man. For instance, in the story it says, “ For it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye (Poe 203).” This shows that he thought of an eye as evil, which a sane person would not think. According to the text another example is, “ I made up my mind to take the life of the old man and thus