What us an example of an allusion in the tell tale heart?

Answer 1

"Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad?" This foreshadows that the narrator has a bad sense of hearing along with reason when he thinks he hears the pounding of his victim's heart (either it could be real, just his imagination, or that it is his own heart pounding).

Answer 2

An example of an allusion in "The Tell-Tale Heart" is the reference to the story of the hellish eye resembling that of a vulture. This allusion adds a deeper layer to the description of the eye, evoking connotations of death and evil associated with vultures in literature and mythology.

Answer 3

It foreshadows that your heart ( or Someone Else's ) could give some secret away if driven by guilt.

EX.) The narrator killed the old man and did not feel guilty until the police came by. It seems that because he liked the old man he heard the old man's heart beating and felt incredibly guilty.

Answer 4

the murder guy keeps hearing the heart beating at night

Answer 5

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