Himself Speaking
The narrator becomes intrigued and speaks to the noise, repeatedly asking for its identity. He eventually invites the source of the noise in, and continues the conversation with the mysterious visitor.
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.
Past: Heard (e.g. I heard a noise) Present: Hear/hears (e.g. I hear a noise, She hears a noise) Future: Will hear (e.g. I will hear a noise)
"The cat hears a noise," said Bailey. Nobody hears the voices over the clapping.
In the first stanza of "The Raven," the narrator is reading a book to distract himself from his grief over the loss of Lenore. He hears a tapping at his chamber door but, when he opens it, finds nothing there. The narrator is then filled with dread as he speculates what could be causing the noise.
No because sound is something you hear and if no one hears it, there is no sound.
the narrator hears a gentle rapping at the door.
the narrator hears someone tap on the door.
the narrator hears someone tap on the door.
Scout hears a strange noise coming from the Radley house, which she describes as sounding like someone laughing. This noise is mysterious and contributes to the eerie atmosphere surrounding the Radley family in "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
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Twice Poe uses the phrase: "as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton." to describe what the narrator hears.