Analysis of the story Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe spoke about three settings of the mood which were: Mood and Atmosphere, Locale, and Time of day. Edgar Allan Poe wrote many good stories,but the most intense ones were his horror stories. He wrote a well written literary device of settings to create a dark, threatening tone in his story. In the first part of the story Edgar uses Mood and Atmosphere.You could tell that the narrator is extremely nervous due to the fact of how he was writing.The person who wanted to kill the old man never had intentions of killing him, although since his eye reminded him of that of a vulture,and when it fell upon him, his blood ran col. Therefore, he decided to kill him to be rid of the eye forever. Although the man was very nervous to kill the old man, he would go into his room every night for one whole week at midnight to get up the courage to kill him.Eventually, he did, and it was settled, the one man was dead. …show more content…
He would always be in the old man's room at midnight, for one whole week.Once it was morning he would go back into the old man's room and talk very generously to him, so he gets a clue that he is being watched by the man. On the eighth night he was more cautious of opening the door to the room. He got even more nervous as the day and night passed. One day during the week, while the man was opening the door, the old man heard him. He moved as if he was being watched, he was startled. Finally, the old man noticed someone was in the house, he shouted “ Who's there?” then keep still and never moved a
Edgar Allan Poe spoke about three settings of the mood which were: Mood and Atmosphere, Locale, and Time of day. Edgar Allan Poe wrote many good stories,but the most intense ones were his horror stories. He wrote a well written literary device of settings to create a dark, threatening tone in his story. In the first part of the story Edgar uses Mood and Atmosphere.You could tell that the narrator is extremely nervous due to the fact of how he was writing.The person who wanted to kill the old man never had intentions of killing him, although since his eye reminded him of that of a vulture,and when it fell upon him, his blood ran col. Therefore, he decided to kill him to be rid of the eye forever. Although the man was very nervous to kill the old man, he would go into his room every night for one whole week at midnight to get up the courage to kill him.Eventually, he did, and it was settled, the one man was dead. …show more content…
He would always be in the old man's room at midnight, for one whole week.Once it was morning he would go back into the old man's room and talk very generously to him, so he gets a clue that he is being watched by the man. On the eighth night he was more cautious of opening the door to the room. He got even more nervous as the day and night passed. One day during the week, while the man was opening the door, the old man heard him. He moved as if he was being watched, he was startled. Finally, the old man noticed someone was in the house, he shouted “ Who's there?” then keep still and never moved a