Caretaker Sanity Trial
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury: “The Tell Tale Heart”, a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe, has captivated readers ever since its release in 1843. It has brought out people's worst fears in some of the most twisted ways possible. first, I will prove to you, the jury that the caretaker is legally sane, and therefore should be punished as any sane person would, with my very accurate sense of knowledge of this short story. I will make you understand that the narrator was fully aware that his actions were illegal also that he had full control over his mind. Furthermore, I will describe the very careful precautions the caretaker took, to conceal the body, which only a sane person would do, and the twisted way he misled …show more content…
In line 135 the narrator tells us how he hid the body, he states, “I then took up three planks of flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings.” This proves his sanity because if this man were insane after he cut up the body, if he even would have, he would have just left it to rot because he does not know right from wrong, and therefore has no fear of being caught. The caretaker in the story lets the police into his house with perfect suavity, because he believes he has nothing to fear and even sits on a chair directly over the old man's dismembered body, “while myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim.” This is an act of sanity, clearly he was celebrating the death of the old man, which an insane person would not do because they do not fully understand the extent to which their actions went …show more content…
The first being that the caretaker knows right from wrong, and he does not meet requirements for the M’naugthen test of insanity. Moreover, the narrator's actions when concealing of the body which is chilling but nevertheless prove his sanity due to careful precautionary steps he took to hide the old man's body. Lastly, the final evidence to prove legal sanity is the act of his premeditated murder, which in all ways is sane because he spent seven nights stalking the old man which no insane person would do. In conclusion, this man is clearly sane and should be punished for committing first degree
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury: “The Tell Tale Heart”, a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe, has captivated readers ever since its release in 1843. It has brought out people's worst fears in some of the most twisted ways possible. first, I will prove to you, the jury that the caretaker is legally sane, and therefore should be punished as any sane person would, with my very accurate sense of knowledge of this short story. I will make you understand that the narrator was fully aware that his actions were illegal also that he had full control over his mind. Furthermore, I will describe the very careful precautions the caretaker took, to conceal the body, which only a sane person would do, and the twisted way he misled …show more content…
In line 135 the narrator tells us how he hid the body, he states, “I then took up three planks of flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings.” This proves his sanity because if this man were insane after he cut up the body, if he even would have, he would have just left it to rot because he does not know right from wrong, and therefore has no fear of being caught. The caretaker in the story lets the police into his house with perfect suavity, because he believes he has nothing to fear and even sits on a chair directly over the old man's dismembered body, “while myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim.” This is an act of sanity, clearly he was celebrating the death of the old man, which an insane person would not do because they do not fully understand the extent to which their actions went …show more content…
The first being that the caretaker knows right from wrong, and he does not meet requirements for the M’naugthen test of insanity. Moreover, the narrator's actions when concealing of the body which is chilling but nevertheless prove his sanity due to careful precautionary steps he took to hide the old man's body. Lastly, the final evidence to prove legal sanity is the act of his premeditated murder, which in all ways is sane because he spent seven nights stalking the old man which no insane person would do. In conclusion, this man is clearly sane and should be punished for committing first degree