In despair, he confesses and tells the officers to tear up the planks to reveal his dastardly deed to prove that the man’s heart was still beating and that the policemen could hear it too but choose to mock him by feigning ignorance.

The narrator admitted the police to the house “with a light heart” since the old man’s heart was no longer beating, and he let the police thoroughly search the entire house. The narrator wonders how it was possible that they did not hear the loud beating which was becoming louder and louder.

In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator’s primary purpose entails convincing the reader that he is not insane. The nameless speaker provides few details to enable to reader to visualize him physically; however, he speaks to his internal purpose and finds excuses for his behavior at every turn.

The narrator waits eight days to commit his crime in “The Tell-Tale Heart” because he claims to need the old man’s eye to be open in order to kill him. Interestingly, the narrator takes extreme measures in order to avoid waking the man as he enters each night.

The narrator in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” demonstrates by his disturbed thought process, his distorted perception of himself and the world around him, and his anxious and erratic behavior that he likely suffers from schizophrenia.

The narrator is sane. Thus, he knew what he was doing and he should go to jail for killing the old man. In the short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe the narrator is sane because he premiditates the murder, and demonstrates awareness of his actions.

In The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe the narrator is guilty of murder because the narrator thinks the old man could never suspect that his caregiver would ever try to kill him, he claims he can recite the story calmly and healthily as he remembers every detail unlike an insane person , and he admits to killing the …

Guilt is a major central idea in the story. Poe shows this in many ways such as repetition, point of view, and punctuation. The narrator feels really guilty towards the end of the story because he killed the old man. He shows this in the text in many instances.

The first psychological explanation is insanity: the narrator suffered from an auditory hallucination. The second explanation is guilt: the “tell-tale” heart the narrator heard beating was his own guilty heart struggling to reveal the truth.

Poe uses the “unreliable narrator” technique and makes the narrator say that he is not insane. However, through the narrator’s actions and dialogue, you can see that he has gone mad. Not only does Poe uses this is “The Tell-Tale Heart”, but in other stories he uses mad and insane unreliable narrators.

The narrator has revealed himself that he is suffering from a disease which causes ‘over-acuteness of the senses’. Over-acuteness of senses is also one sign of madness. He was overcome by homicidal mania.

The narrator waits until the eighth night to commit the murder of the old man because the old man’s eyes were closed on the first seven nights.

Why doesn’t the narrator leave when he realizes the old man is awake? He doesn’t want the old man to hear him move. The narrator is hearing his own heart, but he thinks that he is hearing the old man’s.

The narrator is surprised that the old man hasn’t reacted to his intrusion. The narrator quickly leaves the room when he realizes the old man is awake. The narrator pities the old man because he knows that his fears are growing.

Why does the narrator greet the old man so heartily every morning? He doesn’t want the old man to expect anything coming. He doesn’t want to show any suspicion.

Tenth paragraph: What is the narrator feeling right now? He feels like hes going to get cury with it. Title: Based on the title, predict what you think this story will be about. Third paragraph: Write down what you think the author means by “the work.” Killing the old man “the work.”

The main themes in “The Tell-Tale Heart” are the madness and sanity, the pressure of guilt, and the passage of time. Madness and sanity: the narrator’s attempt to prove his sanity as he explains his meticulous plans for killing the old man only prove his madness.

The narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” is generally assumed to be a male. However, some critics have suggested a woman may be narrating; no pronouns are used to clarify one way or the other.