Imagine waking up in the middle of the night at 12:00am and feeling like there is an intruder in your bedroom. Of course it’s dark so every person would say the classic who’s there? Well that’s what happens to the old man in Tell-Tale Heart. Tell-Tale Heart is about a man who hates this old man because of one thing he can not control, his eye. The man later plans out a plot to kill the old man so the eye will bother him no more. The narrator goes to the old man’s and murders him silently, with only one shriek from the old man.The police later come to the house to inspect because the neighbors have heard a yell from the old man, but they find nothing. Tell-Tale Heart is a mysterious story and includes a lot suspense from the author including character anxiety, vivid words and description, and repetition of words or phrases.
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He said,:” I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the the vulture eye,” then a little later he says,” I tried how steadily I could maintain the ray upon the eye,” and lastly he says,” His eye would trouble me no more”(Poe 90, 92, 93). This is repetition because “eye:” is repeated. This also builds suspense because since the eye is repeated it makes the reader think that this guy is absolutely crazy about killing the old man because of the foggy looking film over his eye. The second example of repetition would be when the narrator was done killing the old man and the police came to the house. The author states,” I went down to open it with a light heart- for what had I now to fear?” Then he states,” I smiled,- for what had I to fear?”(Poe 93). This is repetition because it repeats the phrase “For what had I to fear.” This repetition builds suspense because the reader is wondering if the cops will find out that he has murdered the old man. The reader may also be wondering if the narrator will give any expressions to the cops that he has murdered the old
He said,:” I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the the vulture eye,” then a little later he says,” I tried how steadily I could maintain the ray upon the eye,” and lastly he says,” His eye would trouble me no more”(Poe 90, 92, 93). This is repetition because “eye:” is repeated. This also builds suspense because since the eye is repeated it makes the reader think that this guy is absolutely crazy about killing the old man because of the foggy looking film over his eye. The second example of repetition would be when the narrator was done killing the old man and the police came to the house. The author states,” I went down to open it with a light heart- for what had I now to fear?” Then he states,” I smiled,- for what had I to fear?”(Poe 93). This is repetition because it repeats the phrase “For what had I to fear.” This repetition builds suspense because the reader is wondering if the cops will find out that he has murdered the old man. The reader may also be wondering if the narrator will give any expressions to the cops that he has murdered the old