Tell-Tale Heart: A Psychopath

The narrator in Tell Tale Heart said "true--nervous--very, very dreadfully nervous I have been and am; but why will you say I am mad". The narrator in Tell Tale Heart is a psychopath, he wants to kill the old man because he thinks he has an evil eye. He also talks to himself, and watches the old man sleep. Tell Tale Heart is a story written by the psycho himself.("Poe,Edgar Allen")

There is no name for the psychotic character in Tell Tale Heart but some believe that it is edgar himself. People claim that Edgar Allen Poe was not a psychopath and that he was just an alcoholic, but what they don't see is his psychopathic tendencies such as extreme anger and quick to get angered. Edgar allen poe was indeed a psychopath and an alcoholic. Edgar allen poe had many psychopathic tendencies.("Psychopath")

The narrator in Tell Tale Heart is also a Psychopath because he has extreme psychopathic tendencies("Poe,Edgar Allen"). The narrator suffers from a psychopathic tendency called "Extreme Anger" Which means that he is easily angered and does insane things out of …show more content…
The narrator in the story lets the police inside of the house where he killed the old man and offered them a seat, but the narrator sat right above the dead body. He then proceeded to have a full conversation with the policemen. The narrator makes a mistake by mentioning something about the floors which give the policemen a thought about checking under the floorboards. The narrator started to hear a high pitched noise that he thought was the old man's heart underneath him and he thought that surely the cops heard the heart too but weren't acknowledging it. The narrator began to lose his mind because he thought the policemen were making fun of him and the noise he heard kept growing louder and louder till he couldn't take it anymore and told them "tear up the planks! here, here! --It is the beating of his hideous