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1. www.sparknotes.com › character › the-narratorThe Tell-Tale Heart The Narrator - SparkNotes

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   The vicious narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” is one of Poe’s most iconic characters, a killer unaware of his own madness who throughout the tale tries desperately to convince the audience that he is not insane.

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3. www.litcharts.com › lit › poe-s-storiesPoe's Stories: The Tell-Tale Heart Summary & Analysis

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   Need help with The Tell-Tale Heart in Edgar Allan Poe's Poe's Stories? Check out our revolutionary side-by-side summary and analysis.

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   "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity while simultaneously describing a murder he committed.

   • Author: Edgar Allan Poe

   • Publish Year: 1843

5. www.enotes.com › topics › tell-tale-heartNarrator Analysis in "The Tell-Tale Heart" - eNotes.com

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   In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," the narrator is characterized by insanity and paranoia, traits that are crucial to the story's plot. The narrator attempts to prove his sanity...

6. english-studies.net › the-tell-tale-heart-by-edgar"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Analysis

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   Mar 23, 2024 · The narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe is a complex and unreliable character. Here’s a breakdown of his characterization using examples from the story: 1.

7. literariness.org › 2019/10/19 › analysis-of-edgarAnalysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s Stories – Literary Theory and ...

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   Oct 19, 2019 · On another level, however, Poe is also suggesting at least two serious ideas. The narrator’s description of the cliff, with its sheer drop of sixteen hundred feet, should remind most readers that in a strong wind, they would feel and behave much the same as the narrator.

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   Does Edgar Allen Poe use first-person narration?

   • Edgar Allen Poe regularly employed first-person narration in his horror stories. Such narrative device is used in “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and “ The Black Cat.” Each of these stories is told first-hand by a narrator, and each of these stories involves insanity.

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   How does Poe feel about the narrator in Tell-Tale Heart?

   • Poe increases and increases the suggestion of madness that he planted at the start of the story. On the eighth night, the narrator of "Tell-Tale Heart" is particularly gleeful about his sneakiness. He marvels at how the old man knows nothing of his plan. He even laughs a little to himself.

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   How does Poe describe the narrator?

   • The narrator describes the sight of the eye and sound of the heart as if he is really seeing them, and ascribes the violence of his reactions to his naturally sensitive senses. But Poe engineers the scene so that we suspect that the narrator’s disturbed mind is inventing these terrors and acting self-destructively.

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   Is Poe's narrator a murderer?

   • Poe’s narrator is a murderer, but the entire basis of the story, and of its title, is less the eye, significant though it is in driving the narrator’s thoughts and actions, than the old man’s heart: “It was the beating of the old man’s heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of the drum stimulates the soldier into courage.”

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   What is the story of the Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe?

   • "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe is the story of a gruesome murder. The narrator, who is the murderer himself, attempts to justify the murder and at the same time convince readers that he is sane.

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   Why is Poe so obsessed with the morbid narrator?

   • It seems as if as a result of all the losses he suffered, much of Poe’s writing reflects some level of obsession with the morbid. In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” for instance, the narrator seems to be unstable, which results in his committing murder. Initially, the narrator denies that he is mad.

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9. owlcation.com › humanities › Edgar-Allan-Poes-theEdgar Allan Poe’s "The Tell-Tale Heart": A Literary Analysis

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   “The Tell-Tale Heart” is one of the creations of Edgar Allan Poe, known as the man who pioneered detective and solve-a-crime stories (Meyers 1992). The said short story is about an anonymous narrator who seems to prove that he is sane yet exhibits a somewhat contrasting behavior for having confessed to the murder of an old man with an ...