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    type of animal he or she chooses. Dogs and cats are among the most popular pets; however‚ their care is drastically different‚ obviously they do have similarities between the two‚ they both have hair and are in the mammal family. They also give birth to multiple offspring at the same time. If the potential owner shows love and affection to these animals‚ they will show it back. The both are also good stress relievers for many owners. Dogs‚ compared to cats‚ require more maintenance. Maintaining a

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    feeling of uncertainty about what is going to happen and is often used to keep the reader entertained and interested. This feeling of suspense is often created through cause-and-effect relationships where something happens that builds tension. “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Monkey’s Paw” create a feeling of suspense through cause-and-effect relationships by describing the characters’ feeling that something is going to happen which then builds a sense of panic for both the characters and the reader and that

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    The Tell Tale Heart Narrator Unreliability In the story the tell-tale heart‚ The narrator tells the reader that he loves the old man and has no desire for his wealth‚ the old man had never insulted him or wronged him. The narrator was obsessed with his pale blue eye and how evil it was; he despised the eye so much that it urged him to kill the old man. The narrator is unreliable because he talks about why he wants to kill the old man and how much that eye is evil. He continues to speak about

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    “The Tell-Tale Heart” and the “Landlady” have a lot of differences and common things. They deal with odd characters and peculiar situations. Both of the stories have eerie setting which make them attractive to the people who read them. In some parts of the stories‚ very creepy events happen and make people frightened. Each of them has conflict‚ irony‚ allusion‚ which makes them very attractive to the audience. Both “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl deal with

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    “The Tell-Tale Heart”‚ An Allegorical Reading In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the narrator is reciting his story and dreadfully tries to convince the unknown listener that he is not mad. Poe’s style of writing leads us to doubt of the truthfulness of his story‚ based on the narrator’s frenetic diction or unbelievable assertions. Several clues or pieces of evidence throughout the story point to the possibility that this tale is merely a result of the narrator’s imagination and

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    The Tell-Tale Heart is written by Edgar Allan Poe and published in 1850 and tells a story about an unnamed Narrator wanting to kill an Oldman he loves. The story is widely considered as a classic but why? The author uses techniques in his work to make his story more proficient by using what makes a story: the concept‚ setting and the way it is written. All of those are compulsory to making a story into a great one. Edgar Allan Poe has created a unique and original story that at first glance it will

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    Insane or guilty? Good morning your honor and ladies and gentlemen of the jury‚ today is the day that the defendant in Edgar Allen Poe’s “ The Tell-Tale Heart” is proven to be insane; using the McNaughton rule the caretaker should be placed in a state hospital for the criminally insane. The McNaughton is a standard to be applied by the jury‚ after hearing medical testimony from prosecution and defense experts‚ It states that a presumption of sanity‚ unless the defense proved otherwise. The caretaker

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    The character in The Tell-Tale Heart is a man who has a very disturbed mind. He kills a man who he believes his eye is torturing him. It has very detailed paragraphs and the events as well. The man in this story is a psychopath with a guilty conscious who somehow maintains to be slightly sane. A example he is a psychopath is the quote “ the old man gave a loud cry of fear as i fell upon him and held the bedcovers tightly over his head”. Another example is “ yes. He was dead! Dead as a stone. His

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    In the Tell-Tale Heart‚ the narrator‚ whom in the story is a mentally unstable caretaker‚ makes his mental instability present to the reader by utilizing metaphors‚ repetition‚ and personification. To truly capture the mental instability of the speaker‚ Edgar Allen Poe utilizes metaphors throughout the text to highlight points in the story that bring forth the mental illness of the speaker. The speaker states‚

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    Poe’s “Tell Tale Heart” is a gripping story that will keep the reader on the edge of his/her seat. He is able to create this intense effect in the way he strategically uses the elements needed for a short story. In this particular short story the author’s use of diction‚ setting‚ and a narrators point of view are what help give this story its intensity. Diction is the choice or use of words. It plays a major role in making this story so intense. All through out the Tell Tale Heart Poe used

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