In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, the author uses aspects of setting to illustrate the atmosphere of terror. Indeed, he uses aspects such as time and place to put an emphasis on the feeling of terror. Firstly, the old man’s bedroom is pitch black: “His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness” (56). Darkness suggests the unknown, which frightens the man since he doesn’t know what to expect. The old man is alone in a place where his sight is lacking. The five senses are necessary to humans. When one of these senses is missing, humans feel unbalanced and unsafe. Consequently, the brain notices this change in the old man’s sight and can’t do anything to bring it back to normal. It, therefore, alarms the old man since his
