if this short story is about a man who killed this old dude, it's because he heard the dead man's wach ticking & thought it was his heart still beating. So the thought the police that were in his house could here it and were pretending not to. So, the man pretty much was insane. He was scared so he ended up confessing to the police. :D
Hope that answers your question. :)
The tell-tale heartbeat noise represents the guilt and anxiety consuming the narrator. It symbolizes the psychological burden of their crime and ultimately drives them to confess out of a fear of being caught and overwhelmed by their own conscience.
The heartbeat means the narrator's guilt
The sound that drives the narrator to confess the crime is a heart; (the heart of the man he killed or the his own?)
Twice Poe uses the phrase: "as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton." to describe what the narrator hears.
The narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe is paranoid because of his guilt stemming from the murder he committed. He becomes increasingly agitated by the sound of the old man's heartbeat, which he perceives as a sign of his guilt. This paranoia drives him to confess his crime to the police.
The old man's groan makes the narrator feel a sense of dread and guilt. It intensifies his paranoia and ultimately drives him to confess his crime.
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," the narrator hears a noise coming from the old man's heart beneath the floorboards. This noise, which he interprets as the old man's guilty conscience, drives him to confess and reveal the location of the body.
The cast of Dangerous Drives - 2009 includes: Eric Worden as Narrator
The narrator confesses to his crime in "The Tell-Tale Heart" due to the guilt and paranoia consuming him. The relentless beating of the old man's heart, which he believes is still alive, drives him to confess to the crime to alleviate his torment. The psychological pressure and his fear of being caught also contribute to his confession.
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Unequal heat distribution.
Unequal heat distribution.
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