“We are all born crazy, just some of us stay the same.”-unknown. In the story, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, by Edgar Allan Poe, a man crazily tells a story about a murder he committed. He committed this murder because of an old man's “vulture looking eye”. The man ends up seeing himself in the eye of the old man. He was so obsessed with this eye he had to kill. In another poem, “I Felt a Funeral in my Brain”, by Emily Dickinson, the narrator describes how she feels a funeral in her brain. This funeral stands as a metaphor for her slowly losing her sanity. Both texts use punctuation to develop the central idea of madness.
Poe uses punctuation to madness. “True! --nervous-- very, very, dreadfully nervous.”(par 1) He uses dashes to show a pause, also to slow down the way the reader reads. Poe also uses commas to create suspense. “ It was wide, wide, open” (par 8). ‘’Now, I say, there came to my ears, a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton.” Using commas helps to show that the narrator is acting guilty and under pressure. Towards the end of the story, Poe starts using periods more often than before. He …show more content…
Dickinson uses dashes to create a type of suspense. “ Kept treading- treading- till it seemed….” (stanza 1) “like a drum- kept beating- beating-till I thought-....” It creates a “slow going” pace to the poem. It portrays an idea that the narrator is depressed or sad. Dickinson also uses commas. The commas also create a depressed tone. “ With those same Boots of lead, again,” (Stanza 3) It shows that the narrator is depressed with life and not happy. Another use of punctuation could be using capitalization. (Plank, Reason,World) The use of capitalizing words in the middle of a sentence is to emphasize the thought she is having. That way the reader can see and understand that “ this is exactly how the narrator is
Poe uses punctuation to madness. “True! --nervous-- very, very, dreadfully nervous.”(par 1) He uses dashes to show a pause, also to slow down the way the reader reads. Poe also uses commas to create suspense. “ It was wide, wide, open” (par 8). ‘’Now, I say, there came to my ears, a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton.” Using commas helps to show that the narrator is acting guilty and under pressure. Towards the end of the story, Poe starts using periods more often than before. He …show more content…
Dickinson uses dashes to create a type of suspense. “ Kept treading- treading- till it seemed….” (stanza 1) “like a drum- kept beating- beating-till I thought-....” It creates a “slow going” pace to the poem. It portrays an idea that the narrator is depressed or sad. Dickinson also uses commas. The commas also create a depressed tone. “ With those same Boots of lead, again,” (Stanza 3) It shows that the narrator is depressed with life and not happy. Another use of punctuation could be using capitalization. (Plank, Reason,World) The use of capitalizing words in the middle of a sentence is to emphasize the thought she is having. That way the reader can see and understand that “ this is exactly how the narrator is