Analysis Of Poe's "A Tell Tale Heart"

Part I of Essay
Edgar Allen Poe's story "A Tell Tale Heart," has the protagonist obsessed with an old man's eye. This obsession causes a conflict between the protagonist and his sanity. This eye eventually drove him t commit murder to rid the eye. The narrator's conflict increases as he ....

Part II of Essay
.... night the narrator, full of confidence, would enter the room and awaken the old man. At this point the old man's eyes open and the protagonist sees the evil eye. The narrator's obsession is becoming more furious. Then, already furious the protagonist hears a heartbeat. It was a sound that, "a watch makes when enveloped in cotton." This was the old man's heartbeat and it increased the protagonist's fury. Now the narrator is full of fury. He also had an uncontrollable feeling of triumph and power. The narrator under all this confidence, triump ....