In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart” the narrator states, “I have lost control of my mind, why do you say that I am mad?” “The Tell Tale Heart” is a story about a narrator who takes care of an old man. This old man has an eye that mentally drives the narrator insane. The narrator kills the old man in despisement of the eye. The police then comes to their house to investigate the old man’s death. Poe uses figurative language and literary devices to enhance his theme’s message, that your guilty conscience will haunt you forever in his story, “The Tell Tale Heart”.
In the beginning of the “The Tell Tale Heart,” the reader sees the narrator talking to himself. He says, “My sense of hearing especially became more powerful”(Poe 64). This is the use of the literary device of foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is an indication for what will happen in the future. Poe uses this literary device to deliver a suspense to the reader and keep them wary of what will happen later in the story. The narrator in this instance is hinting what he will do with his hearing in the future, ”there was a strange sound in my ear.”(Poe 67). The quote refers back …show more content…
He uses many types figurative language such as simile, hyperbole, metaphor, and symbolism. An example of Poe using figurative language, the narrator states, “The darkness in the room was thick and black.”(65). This is an example of hyperbole because Poe is emphasizing the darkness of the room. The room being thick with black gives off an exaggerated detail for the room. Another figurative language that Poe uses in “The Tell Tale Heart” is simile. Similes are found all throughout the “Tell Tale Heart” such as, “dead as a stone”(66). This is a simile because Poe is comparing the Old Man being dead to a stone. Poe using figurative language in this way highlights his writing technique and style. It also sets the theme of his stories very
In the beginning of the “The Tell Tale Heart,” the reader sees the narrator talking to himself. He says, “My sense of hearing especially became more powerful”(Poe 64). This is the use of the literary device of foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is an indication for what will happen in the future. Poe uses this literary device to deliver a suspense to the reader and keep them wary of what will happen later in the story. The narrator in this instance is hinting what he will do with his hearing in the future, ”there was a strange sound in my ear.”(Poe 67). The quote refers back …show more content…
He uses many types figurative language such as simile, hyperbole, metaphor, and symbolism. An example of Poe using figurative language, the narrator states, “The darkness in the room was thick and black.”(65). This is an example of hyperbole because Poe is emphasizing the darkness of the room. The room being thick with black gives off an exaggerated detail for the room. Another figurative language that Poe uses in “The Tell Tale Heart” is simile. Similes are found all throughout the “Tell Tale Heart” such as, “dead as a stone”(66). This is a simile because Poe is comparing the Old Man being dead to a stone. Poe using figurative language in this way highlights his writing technique and style. It also sets the theme of his stories very