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At the beginning of the story what does the narrator try to find the courage to do?
The narrator tries to find the courage to kill the old man in the story "The Tell-Tale Heart."
Why was the story of Ethelred a fitting one for the narrator to read given what noises he actually started hearing?
The story of Ethelred, who is tormented by a faint sound that eventually drives him to madness, parallels the narrator's experience of hearing a faint ticking that eventually becomes unbearable in "The Tell-Tale Heart." Both stories involve the theme of an amplified obsession that leads to a psychological breakdown, making it a fitting choice for the narrator to read given his own escalating torment over the old man's eye.
Does The Tell-Tale Heart have an omniscient narrator?
The story is told in first person point of the view; the murderer is the narrator and begins the story by repeatedly saying that he is not crazy for killing an old man with a weird eye (an innocient man).
Who is the Madman in The Tell-Tale Heart?
The narrator. He wasn't given a name, but in the story he was referred to as 'I.'
When the narrator can be trusted to tell story the way really happened they are considered?
Reliable.
The mood of Poe's story The Tell-Tale Heart is nervous confusing tense and uncomfortable What decision did Poe make regarding the narrator that adds to this mood?
The mood of Poe's story the tell tale heart is nervous confusing tense and uncomfortable. The decision Poe made regarding the narrator that adds to his mood was that he lets the killer do the narration. His narrator is mentally ill.The mood of Poe's story the tell tale heart is nervous confusing tense and uncomfortable. The decision Poe made regarding the narrator that adds to his mood was that he lets the killer do the narration. His narrator is mentally ill.
Who was the main characters in tell tale heart?
The main character in "The Tell-Tale Heart" is an unnamed narrator who is obsessed with the idea that an old man's eye is evil. The old man is also a central character as he is the victim of the narrator's obsession and eventual crime.
How does the narrator feel after he commits the murder in the story The Tell-Tale Heart?
Paranoid, guilty, haunted, stressed.
What does the narrator wrongly think the police can hear at the end of the story?
he hears the beating of the dead mans heart
What is true about how the narrator sees himself in the story The Tell-Tale Heart?
he believes his mind is sound,but he is nervous
What role does the narrator have?
the narrator is the person (or animal) that is telling the story. The author writes the story, but the story is told by the narrator.
How does symbolism play an essential role in the essence of the story The Tell-Tale Heart?
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," symbolism is crucial in conveying the narrator's guilt and deteriorating mental state. The beating heart symbolizes the narrator's conscience and the overwhelming guilt he feels for his crime. The old man's eye represents the narrator's paranoia and irrational fear. These symbols add layers of complexity to the story and highlight the psychological themes of guilt and madness.
