The Tell-Tale Heart
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Edgar Allan Poe
This short story is about
a mad servant who killed his master in passion of disliking him. The master was an old man and having only one
eye, the other one was made up from plastic.
In the beginning of the
story narrator tries to explain himself towards his own soul or we can say to
readers that he is not mad by saying that,
“Why will you say that I am Mad?”
From many days the servant was having hidden hatred towards the master only
because of that plastic smile. He also confesses that the old man was very good
with him but the fault was only with his eye,
“Object there was none. Passion there was none. I
loved the old man”
He killed him and then also
buried him under the floor when police officers came for investigation. He said
while narrating that,
“The disease had sharpened my senses---not destroyed
it”
But his guilt has forced his all senses and by his narration we can also
feel that,
“It grew louder.... louder... louder....
It is the beating of his hideous heart”
By reading of the story we can observe some
disorders of psychopath like, over confidence, impaired empathy, hidden hatred,
coldblooded murder, selfishness and insincere speech.
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