In The Tell-Tale Heart why does the killer confess?

Answer 1

Because he is insane and cannot take the sound of his crime anymore, therefore he confesses in order to try and make it go away.

he is guilt ridden therfore his mind convinces him that the heart is still beating and the police will hear it thus he confesses
he is guilt ridden therfore his mind convinces him that the heart is still beating and the police will hear it thus he confesses

Answer 2

Because he is insane and he heard the beating of the old man's heart. He cannot take the sound of his crime anymore, therefore he confesses in order to try and make it go away.

He says the following, "Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! --tear up the planks! here, here! --It is the beating of his hideous heart!"

Torn between whether it is guilt or because he KNOWS the detectives have found out, I still must say guilt. Because guilt was the instigator in which made him confess to the crime of murder.

Answer 3

Narrator says they didn't suspect a thing, but that mean they probably did as the narrator is deluded.

Answer 4

because the heart of his murder victim do not stops in beating and that beating is driving insane.

Answer 5

He confesses because the heart beating made him go crazy. He thought that if he confessed it would stop beating.

Answer 6

He isn't because he is confident that they'll find no trace of murder

Answer 7

Yes, we have his confession.