Tell Tale Heart Research Paper

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Do you think teens and children should read or watch horror movies or books? “The Tell Tale Heart” By Edgar Allen Poe is not appropriate for our age group. Some students can become too scared to live and walk around in the real world, sometimes even if they have no clue what they are watching or reading they can remember what they saw or read weather it was a violent ghost, a murder, a demon, and remember whatever they saw for years. Kids and teens can even pick up on the people who watch it and the music. They can become restless, anxiety attacks, and rage from a scary movie they are trying to forget. A kid could get an idea from The Tell Tale Heart, like when the man killed the old man because of an eye, a child or teen can think that's

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