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    “The Tell-Tale Heart” Indeed Tells A Tale Edgar Allan Poe ’s “A Tell-Tale Heart” is a first person account of a mad man as he justifies‚ plans‚ and commits murder. The tale begins with the speaker‚ a nameless man‚ explaining that he is not insane but‚ instead‚ a thoughtful and logical man who is taunted by his old friend ’s deformed eye and‚ in turn‚ is left with no choice but to “take the life of the old man‚ and thus rid myself of the eye for ever” (Poe 1245). Poe’s colorful prose takes the reader

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    Stephanie Ross Eng.101 Mr. Cough Research Paper "The Tell-Tale Heart" 5/2/13 The behavior of the narrator in The Tell-Tale Heart demonstrates characteristic’s that are affiliated with people with obsessive-compulsive disorder and paranoid schizophrenia. When Poe wrote this story in 1843 obsessive-compulsive disorder and paranoia had not been discovered. However in modern times the characteristics demonstrated by the narrator leads people to believe that he has a mental illness. Poe’s narrator

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    Edgar Allan Poe has many stories‚ specifically The Tell-Tale Heart‚ this story has many criticisms that help explain related underlying messages and thoughts in the story. Through relative works of Poe The Tell-Tale Heart can be compared. The Tale Tell Heart shows the narrator’s attempt to rationalize his not so loving behavior. John Canario in the book‚ Readings On The Short Stories Of Edgar Allan Poe‚ claims that The Tell-Tale Heart is a nightmare about death in this dream the old man is the narrator’s

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    “The Tell-Tale Heart” Essay The elements indicating the gothic features in the story are the thrillers‚ mystery‚ and horror. These three elements are the devices that represent the significance of the gothic elements in the story. In “The Tell Tale Heart”‚ there are Gothic style shown by the atmosphere. The atmosphere is very mysterious. The characters also add a mysterious and eerie feeling. Also the time in which this was written which is midnight adds a scary and eerie feeling. Midnight in general

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    Matthew Rico English 1302 Anthony Buenning 30 November 2012 The Tell-Tale Heart Final Draft Has it ever crossed our mind to murder someone? Maybe it was a physical deficiency that drove us into hating them and their disfigurement‚ and it led to us to hurt them. Have we ever felt the rush of taking someone’s life‚ or the responsibility that follows such a dreadful deed? The narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart” has felt all of this. As you go through the story‚ the reader can see how mentally

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    Analysis - Like the narrator in Poe’s "The Tell-Tale Heart"‚ the narrator of "The Black Cat" has questionable sanity. Near the beginning of the tale‚ the narrator says he would be "mad indeed" if he should expect a reader to believe the story‚ implying that has already been accused of madness One of Poe’s darkest tales‚ "The Black Cat" includes his strongest denouncing of alcohol. The narrator’s perverse actions are brought on by his alcoholism‚ a "disease" and "fiend" which also destroy his personality

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    With the touch of darkness in his writing‚ he came up with tales “of death‚ wickedness and crime‚ survival after dissolution‚ [and] fatality” (Charles). Although it is not clear as to why Poe wrote such dark stories in his lifetime‚ one could assume the pain from the losses of his loved ones played a role. Writing in such darkness‚ could be his coping mechanism to dealing with all the loss and pain throughout his life. “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe is suspenseful and detailed. The narrator

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    The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe 1. Author’s biography - 1809-1849 - He was an American author‚ poet‚ editor‚ and literary critic. - He was considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre‚ Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story‚ and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known

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    The Tell-Tale Heart In his narrative poem The Tell-Tale heart‚ Edgar Allen Poe tells the story of an insane madman who is in love with an old man’s eye. The story begins with the madman telling us how he loves the old man but wants to kill him because of his eye. The old man’s eye is like none other and resembles a vulture’s eye. And Poe instills his poem with the same despair experienced by the narrator by using characteristics that are typical of gothic literature such as‚ High Emotion‚ Mysterious

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    mykil Hill Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” The Tell-Tale heart story written by Edgar Allan Poe is often viewed by readers as talent and crazy of a mad man. In his story Edgar Allan Poe tells about an obsessed man with the intentions to kill someone. All though the narrator is aware of his insanity‚ the explosive nature of his cruel conspiracy plainly indicates the story of a mad man‚ who is delusional with a crazy way of thinking; over the use of irony‚ imagery‚ and tone

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