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Why does the narrator wait a week before killing the old man in The Tell-Tale Heart?
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∙ 7y ago
because he was never kind to the old man so he decided to be kind to him until it was time for the old man to die
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∙ 12y ago
The narrator waits a week before killing the old man in "The Tell-Tale Heart" because he wanted to ensure that the old man's eye, which he found disturbing, would be closed due to fear and hence would not haunt him after the deed. This allowed the narrator to plan and execute the murder without any chances of being caught.
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∙ 12y agobecause he's eyes bothered him..when he looked at them he saw somthing evil
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What sound drives the narrator to confess to the crime?
The sound that drives the narrator to confess the crime is a heart; (the heart of the man he killed or the his own?)
