In the poem “ The Tall-Tale Heart,” Edgar Allan Poe creates the conflicted character of an unnamed narrator through indirect characterization. Using the components of dialogue, actions, and the characters internal thoughts, Poe illustrates a story about fear and guilt and reveals that the human conscience is very strong. Poe’s uses of indirect characterizations aids to develop the character’s motives and reactions towards the murder. The first component Poe used was dialogue, this allow the character to express its feelings through his/hers writing. In this case the unnamed narrator, in the beginning the narrator starts when someone rings the bell “i went down to open it with a light heart,-for what had i now to fear?’’ this shows very quickly
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The first example is when the narrator opens the door and the police enter and tell him/her the reason of their appearance and the narrator replies with a smile “ I smiled,- for what i had to fear?’’ it was a great example, because it shows the narrator very quickly hides her emotions and convince the police that he/she does not know anything about the old man. Another occasion of actions is when the narrator invites the officers to sit down and he/she places the chair right beneath the dead corpse “ In the wild audacity of my perfect triumph,placed my own seat upon the the very spot.” this indicates that the narrator is very confident about the police not suspecting that he/she is the murderer. This shows that the narrator is very conscious about the crime she committed and is not telling anyone is might show that she has sorrow towards the old man. The last component Poe used was the character's internal thoughts, this let the reader now what were the narrator's’ thoughts during the police’s company. “My manner had convinced them. I was singularly at ease.” this means that he/she thinks that he/she has fooled the police into thinking that he/she had nothing to do with the murder. The last line “I found that the noise was not within my ears.” this infers that her conscience is making hear noise to make him/her understand what she just did. This shows that the human conscience will always try to make you understand what you do and if you try to ignore it, it will harm
The first example is when the narrator opens the door and the police enter and tell him/her the reason of their appearance and the narrator replies with a smile “ I smiled,- for what i had to fear?’’ it was a great example, because it shows the narrator very quickly hides her emotions and convince the police that he/she does not know anything about the old man. Another occasion of actions is when the narrator invites the officers to sit down and he/she places the chair right beneath the dead corpse “ In the wild audacity of my perfect triumph,placed my own seat upon the the very spot.” this indicates that the narrator is very confident about the police not suspecting that he/she is the murderer. This shows that the narrator is very conscious about the crime she committed and is not telling anyone is might show that she has sorrow towards the old man. The last component Poe used was the character's internal thoughts, this let the reader now what were the narrator's’ thoughts during the police’s company. “My manner had convinced them. I was singularly at ease.” this means that he/she thinks that he/she has fooled the police into thinking that he/she had nothing to do with the murder. The last line “I found that the noise was not within my ears.” this infers that her conscience is making hear noise to make him/her understand what she just did. This shows that the human conscience will always try to make you understand what you do and if you try to ignore it, it will harm