In The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, the man is guilty of committing a murder. He threw a mattress over the man, and buried him under the planks of wood in his own home. However, some think that this man is mad. People think that he couldn’t control his behavior, that he couldn’t distinguish fantasy from reality, and that he couldn’t tell right from wrong. On the other hand, this man is not mad. The man knew everything that he was going, he had planned this. This man is guilty due to these three reasons that are sprinkled throughout the story. In the story, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” it states, “He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it.” (pg 1). The man could distinguish fantasy from reality in this situation. His
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This piece of evidence from the story supports the reason that he had planned this. He knew exactly what he was doing. He would watch the old man, night after night. Waiting for hours on end. All of these seven nights he would come at the same time. Walking ever so quietly because he knew that the man might awake from his deep slumber. Overall, due to the fact that the man had been planning the murder for quite a while, this made the man perfectly sane while committing this crime. If the man had been mentally and legally insane, he wouldn’t have been able to plan this crime. He would have just went for it. He would’ve just killed the man right off the bat. Although, he didn’t, he waited, planned, stared. Night after …show more content…
Most take this piece of information and take it that the murderer is hearing things, that he really is insane. Although, the man is not completely hearing things. Typically when people are nervous they hear their heartbeat louder than most, and most of the time no one else can hear it. This man is going through the same exact thing. The man was guilty, he was nervous. Therefore, that is why he was “hearing the old man’s heartbeat.” Turns out, it was his own. In meaning, that the man was hearing a heartbeat, it just didn’t belong to who he thought it did
This piece of evidence from the story supports the reason that he had planned this. He knew exactly what he was doing. He would watch the old man, night after night. Waiting for hours on end. All of these seven nights he would come at the same time. Walking ever so quietly because he knew that the man might awake from his deep slumber. Overall, due to the fact that the man had been planning the murder for quite a while, this made the man perfectly sane while committing this crime. If the man had been mentally and legally insane, he wouldn’t have been able to plan this crime. He would have just went for it. He would’ve just killed the man right off the bat. Although, he didn’t, he waited, planned, stared. Night after …show more content…
Most take this piece of information and take it that the murderer is hearing things, that he really is insane. Although, the man is not completely hearing things. Typically when people are nervous they hear their heartbeat louder than most, and most of the time no one else can hear it. This man is going through the same exact thing. The man was guilty, he was nervous. Therefore, that is why he was “hearing the old man’s heartbeat.” Turns out, it was his own. In meaning, that the man was hearing a heartbeat, it just didn’t belong to who he thought it did