In a society, fear is a negative tool that can make people do insane things. Fear can lead one to lie, fight, runaway, etc. In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, fear caused the narrator to kill the old man. The narrator thought he feared the the elderly man’s eye, because the eye was perpetually watching the narrator. In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, Edgar Allen Poe utilizes fear to reveal the actions partaken by one’s fear, and illustrate that one can do insane things, when full of fear. Poe exercises the symbolism of the eye and the heart to assert that fear is driven by self-reflection. In the text, the narrator claimed the eye was evil, and compared it to the eye of a vulture. “A single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye” (Poe, 3). “It was not the old
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The storyteller manipulates words such as I, myself, and me to demonstrate his story as he experienced it. “I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (Poe, 2). The speaker is trying to prove to himself, he isn’t afraid of himself, but of the eye. The narrator decided to take the life of the elderly man, because the narrator feared the old man’s eye would question his sanity. Throughout the text, the narrator tried to justify the murdering of the old man, by blaming the old man’s eye. The storyteller utilizes an advanced vocabulary to imply that he isn’t crazy. “ I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph” (Poe, 4). The narrator uses various sophisticated words to make himself sound less fearful. Also, the tone of the speaker shifts in multiple paragraphs, which mirrors his fearfulness of his insanity. In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, Edgar Allen Poe maneuvers fear to declare the crazy actions partaken by one’s fear and illustrate that one can do things out of the ordinary, when full of fear. Poe exercised the symbolism of the eye and the heart to assert that fear is driven by self-reflection. Poe also utilized point of view to manifest the greatest fear, is the fear within one’s self. This text is important, because one should know that sometimes, their greatest fear isn’t always what it may seem to be. One can be fearful of one’s self, without knowing
The storyteller manipulates words such as I, myself, and me to demonstrate his story as he experienced it. “I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (Poe, 2). The speaker is trying to prove to himself, he isn’t afraid of himself, but of the eye. The narrator decided to take the life of the elderly man, because the narrator feared the old man’s eye would question his sanity. Throughout the text, the narrator tried to justify the murdering of the old man, by blaming the old man’s eye. The storyteller utilizes an advanced vocabulary to imply that he isn’t crazy. “ I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph” (Poe, 4). The narrator uses various sophisticated words to make himself sound less fearful. Also, the tone of the speaker shifts in multiple paragraphs, which mirrors his fearfulness of his insanity. In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, Edgar Allen Poe maneuvers fear to declare the crazy actions partaken by one’s fear and illustrate that one can do things out of the ordinary, when full of fear. Poe exercised the symbolism of the eye and the heart to assert that fear is driven by self-reflection. Poe also utilized point of view to manifest the greatest fear, is the fear within one’s self. This text is important, because one should know that sometimes, their greatest fear isn’t always what it may seem to be. One can be fearful of one’s self, without knowing