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Why does the narrator say that he killed his neighbor?

One of the man's eyes resembled a vulture, which drove the narrator to his actions. He thought the man's eye looked like a vulture.


What feelings and associations does the narrator connect to the eye in The Tell-Tale Heart?

The feeling and associations that the narrator of The Tell Tale Heart displays are evil, mistrust, poison, fear, disdain, and hatred; which he displays by explaining it to be vulture like, being covered by an eerie veil, claiming it taunted him, and the way it vexed him always. (Note: I did not quote these things from the tale exactly but this is a general feel of what Poe associates the old man's eye with.)


What vexed the narrator in the story The Tell-Tale Heart?

The narrator became obsessed with the large eye of his landlord. He described it as like a vulture's eye and could not get it out of his mind. He eventually decided the only way to rid himself of this obsession was to kill the old man.


What does the narrator do every night in the Tell-Tale Heart?

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," the narrator visits the old man's room every night for seven nights. He does this to observe the old man's vulture-like eye, which troubles him greatly. The narrator is consumed by his obsession with the eye, ultimately leading to a gruesome and tragic outcome.


What is the moral lesson of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe?

insanitymadnessparanoiaaudiotory hallucinationthe eye the irritating eye that keeps bugging him kiling of the old man the vulture eyeKarma What goes around comes around.

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A metaphor example from tell tale heart?

a simple dim ray, like the thread of the spider black as pitch


In the book Telltale Hearts why did the old mans eyes annoy the speaker?

In Edgar Allen Poe's short story "The Telltale Heart", the old man's eye upsets the narrator because he claims to always feel it watching him. This motivation stems from his madness and fuels his actions.


Why does the narrator in The Tell-Tale Heart kill his neighbor?

because he or she dont like his vulture eye


What is the duration of The Vulture's Eye?

The duration of The Vulture's Eye is 1.67 hours.


What does the narrator fear in The Tell-Tale Heart?

The narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" fears the old man's "vulture eye" - a pale blue eye with a film over it that unnerves and disgusts him. This intense fear drives him to commit the heinous act of murder.


In The Tell-Tale Heart how does the narrator describe the old man's eye?

No. One of his eyes is normal, but the other has a cataract. This is only speculation based upon the story text. "He had the eye of a vulture -- a pale blue eye, with a film over it." -- Edgar Allan Poe, 'The Tell-Tale Heart'


What does he had the eye of a vulture mean?

It is a cultural reference to the act of pre-marital sexual relations.


Why are the characters in The Tell-Tale Heart struggling?

The old man likely has a cataract in one eye that the narrator calls his "vulture eye", and the narrator has a strong desire to eliminate that eye.


The narrator from Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart is obsessed with what about the old man?

The narrator is obsessed with the old man's "vulture eye" - a pale blue eye with a film over it that he perceives as evil. This obsession drives him to commit murder in order to rid himself of the eye.


What does the narrator mean when he says I went to work in The Tell-Tale Heart?

Poe uses the word work three times in the story, and your question is the first. The second time is this: "I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work;", and the third is in reference to the work of concealing the body. I believe that "the work", according to the narrator, is the elimination of the vulture (or evil) eye.


What does the narrator do when he sees the young man?

The narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" becomes obsessed with the young man's "vulture eye" and ultimately murders him to rid himself of it.


According to the narrator in The Tell-Tale Heart his neighbor had an eye that caused the narrator to?

The narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" is disturbed by his neighbor's pale, vulture-like eye, which he finds unsettling and believes is evil. This eye ultimately becomes the focus of the narrator's obsession and drives him to commit murder.