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This 5 page paper provides an analysis of Poe's classic, "The Tell-Tale Heart". This paper refers to a number of outside sources to substantiate the analysis. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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of human nature. The narrator in this story is a man obsessed with the eyes of the old man whom he cares for, and believes those eyes to be
evil. And so, when the narrator of this story kills the old man, he believes himself not to be insane at all but merely to be eradicating the "problem".
But the obvious truth is that the narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart is indeed insane, as evidenced in a plethora of circumstances throughout this story.
From the beginning of this dark story, the narrator declares that he is not insane. I heard all things in the heaven and
in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily -- how calmly I can tell you the whole story (Poe,
1975, p. 138). And yet, it is evident that this is not the case. One of the most immediately apparent realities that points to his insanity
is his language itself. In declaring his sanity, he speaks in a way that is illogical and irrational. The way he speaks these chaotic words is in a
very fast and uncontrolled manner - all signs of the narrators questionable mental state. The narrators obsession with the old mans
eye is yet further evidence of his insanity. Clearly, no sane man would endow such a bizarre set of characteristics upon something as innocent as the old mans eye,
but this narrator reads into this physical characteristic far more than is there in reality. The narrator says, You fancy me
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