The poem “The Tell-Tale Heart” has been translated into a large quantity of formats, some being textual, others being visual. The original textual format, written by Edgar Allan Poe, compares to, as well as contrast to, the visual movie directed by Jules Dassin, the one time assistant to Alfred Hitchcock, and the cartoon format by Annette Jung. While the original storyline has a focal point regarding the “eye” of the old man, some formats alter the plot, forming a contradicting relationship in comparison to the primary short story by Poe.
The movie by Dassin, and cartoon by Jung, are similar to the original poem written by Poe. One way the movie and cartoon are similar to the movie is because the exposition of the story begins with the same famous first quote; “TRUE!-nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?” In the climax, the old man was murdered by the madman in all formats, however, the motive of the murder in the movie differentiates from the original text. In the poem by Poe, the motive to kill the old man was his eye. In the movie by Dassin, the motive to kill the old man was that the madman and the old man got in an argument. A disparity among …show more content…
The overall relationship between the madman and the old man was a noticeable contradistiction. In the poem, the relationship between the old man and the madman was friendly. The mad man said he “loved the old man”. Yet, in the movie, there was tension between the two. The old man told the man degrading things, such as, he would have to depend on the old man for as long as he (the old man) would live. An indistinguishable trait between the cartoon and the movie is that there was not a specific day the man was killed, which is contrary in comparison to the poem. The film contrast from the text and cartoon greatly, even though there are a small number of
The movie by Dassin, and cartoon by Jung, are similar to the original poem written by Poe. One way the movie and cartoon are similar to the movie is because the exposition of the story begins with the same famous first quote; “TRUE!-nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?” In the climax, the old man was murdered by the madman in all formats, however, the motive of the murder in the movie differentiates from the original text. In the poem by Poe, the motive to kill the old man was his eye. In the movie by Dassin, the motive to kill the old man was that the madman and the old man got in an argument. A disparity among …show more content…
The overall relationship between the madman and the old man was a noticeable contradistiction. In the poem, the relationship between the old man and the madman was friendly. The mad man said he “loved the old man”. Yet, in the movie, there was tension between the two. The old man told the man degrading things, such as, he would have to depend on the old man for as long as he (the old man) would live. An indistinguishable trait between the cartoon and the movie is that there was not a specific day the man was killed, which is contrary in comparison to the poem. The film contrast from the text and cartoon greatly, even though there are a small number of