Sadly in the flawed world that we live in, there are people who have clouded judgments and cannot function rationally. There are people who can commit malicious acts and justify them by their own means that do not necessarily make sense to a sane person. Unfortunately some of these people are psychopaths and serial killers.
One of the first serial killers documented in America was Dr. Henry Howard Holmes. He created a hotel in Chicago in 1893 for The World’s Columbian Exhibition. This event attracted people from all over the world, and Chicago expected the streets to be flooded with people. This is where H.H. Holmes took advantage of the situation and created a hotel where he could comfortably murder people and sell their bodies to medical …show more content…
For example in the story the narrator was trying to directly prove to the readers that he was a normal sand person and it could be proven by his actions. “If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body… First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.”. These actions, including the unnecessary murder, are obvious to the common person to be illogical and psychopathic. The next psychopathic action the narrator took was when the police showed up at the door in order to investigate a noise complaint and suspected foul play. The narrator then invites the police to come in and explains how he is house sitting for the old man and had a nightmare, which would explain the noise complaint. He then pulled up chairs into the room and sat the police directly above the area where he had stuffed the dismembered pieces of the old man under the floorboards. This is another blatant piece of evidence that the narrator is crazy and is clearly making conscious and deliberate decisions and should be held responsible for his actions. In the end the narrator began hearing the heart beat of his victim in his head but thought it was out loud and that the police could also here it and would know. In turn the narrator gave in and …show more content…
As explained by Professor DiBartolomeo “Tell Tale Heart” was created for the purpose of, “reawakening or reminding us the notion that there are people in the world who for little or no reason will be provoked to do horrific things to you”. This perfectly describes the definition of a psychopath and specifically a serial killer, especially the one presented in this short
One of the first serial killers documented in America was Dr. Henry Howard Holmes. He created a hotel in Chicago in 1893 for The World’s Columbian Exhibition. This event attracted people from all over the world, and Chicago expected the streets to be flooded with people. This is where H.H. Holmes took advantage of the situation and created a hotel where he could comfortably murder people and sell their bodies to medical …show more content…
For example in the story the narrator was trying to directly prove to the readers that he was a normal sand person and it could be proven by his actions. “If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body… First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.”. These actions, including the unnecessary murder, are obvious to the common person to be illogical and psychopathic. The next psychopathic action the narrator took was when the police showed up at the door in order to investigate a noise complaint and suspected foul play. The narrator then invites the police to come in and explains how he is house sitting for the old man and had a nightmare, which would explain the noise complaint. He then pulled up chairs into the room and sat the police directly above the area where he had stuffed the dismembered pieces of the old man under the floorboards. This is another blatant piece of evidence that the narrator is crazy and is clearly making conscious and deliberate decisions and should be held responsible for his actions. In the end the narrator began hearing the heart beat of his victim in his head but thought it was out loud and that the police could also here it and would know. In turn the narrator gave in and …show more content…
As explained by Professor DiBartolomeo “Tell Tale Heart” was created for the purpose of, “reawakening or reminding us the notion that there are people in the world who for little or no reason will be provoked to do horrific things to you”. This perfectly describes the definition of a psychopath and specifically a serial killer, especially the one presented in this short