Fiction Elements In The Tell Tale Heart By Edgar Allen Poe

Since the beginning of time in literature, authors use fiction elements to make their stories more interesting to the audience. Those elements give meaning and structure to the story. For example in the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe, the story tells how a man kills an old man who give him no reason to do it, and how he confess his crime at the end of the story due to the guilt he felt. Poe used the fiction elements of plot, point of view, and character to illustrate the theme of guilt in “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
Poe’s story plot begins with the exposition of the narrator who is the protagonist of the story; he presents to the audience the place where the story is taking place, the old man’s house. The narrator explains why he is doing what he is about to do. He states that he is going to kill the man because he does not like his eye. Robert Mcllvaine on his article "A Shakespearean Echo In "The Tell-Tale Heart," states that the protagonist …show more content…
Poe does a good job with showing the personality of the protagonist in the story. Besides the protagonist, the other characters in the story did not have much description. For example, the old man did not have anything special besides the “devil eye”. Alfred C. Ward says in his article named "Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Mystery and Imagination," explains that “The Tell-Tale Heart” is one of the most effective parables ever convinced. Shorn of its fantastic details regarding the murdered man’s vulture eye.” The protagonist gave a very interesting feeling to the story with his insanity and the way he wants to convince the audience that he is not crazy. The other characters in the story are the policemen that came to house to see what was going on, these characters did not add much to the story. In general the only character who is extremely important to the story is the protagonist himself. This makes sense because in general the protagonists are the focus point of any