There were plenty of similarities in the “Tell Tale Heart”. In both, the old man has the “vulture eye” that makes another man mad(page 1). This man ends up wanting to murder him. In both the play and story, this is exactly what happens. The man kills the older man not for his gold or wrongdoing but because of the eye in the two versions (page 1). He buries the man under the floorboards in both as well(page 2). Once the police arrive, …show more content…
In the play there was only one policeman but in the story there are three policemen(page 2). Also when the old man is killed in the play, the eye is spooned out, however in the story that doesn’t happen. The story stated that the old man was killed when a bed was on top of him but the play contradicted that saying he was choked with a scarf(page 2). Finally when he was cutting limbs off in the story it was with a saw but they used a cleaver to do it in the play(page 2).
The director made plenty of choices in the play. The director made the choice to choke the man with a scarf. Since the play is a visual it better portrayed his death then just putting a bed over him(page 2). It showed the drama to the scene. Also the background music captured the emotion of it. It displayed the beating of his heart which made it very dramatic at the end when he confessed. Also the lighting shined right on the man who murdered the old man. The light also showed various things that are important. When the old man was chopped up they made the cleaver look bloody which was a great addition. All of these were dramatic and I believe they were all good additions.
The Tell Tale Heart is a very important piece and the play and story contrast each other. As you can see there are very similar and