Patrick Sivilay
Prof. Forbes
ENG 116
September 20, 2015
Can You Hear It? For those who stand in trial for murder, many of those claim to have a mental disease. Using that as their defense gives them a “get of jail card” from the serious punishment. In The Tell Tale Heart, the Narrator states the opposite and claims that his crime was an act of sanity. That for what he did was not an act of madness, but an act of nervousness. The Narrator uses ethos to justify his actions were out of love for the old man, then pathos to show us his obsession of the old mans eye, and uses logos throughout the whole story to provide evidence that he is not crazy. Edgar Allan Poe’s name is widely known for the terror in many of his literary works. For those that don’t know Poe was a all-around writer. He has written short stories, poetry, novels, textbooks, and hundreds of essays and book reviews. But it was his tales that people remember him by. One of his notable works is The Tale Tell Heart, a Narrator who denies accusations that he is mad and begins to tell his story. He tells the readers that he driven to kill the old man he was living with because of his “Evil Eye.” One night the the Narrator sneaks into the old mans bedroom, removes him from his bed while he was asleep and …show more content…
Throughout the the story, the Narrator tells us that he couldn't kill the old man right away. “When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little --a very, very little crevice in the lantern. So I opened it --you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily --until, at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye” (Par 6, Poe). This provides some sort of evidence he loved the old man and that since he is near death it would fine to take his life. The Narrator uses this to logically prove that he is a sane
Prof. Forbes
ENG 116
September 20, 2015
Can You Hear It? For those who stand in trial for murder, many of those claim to have a mental disease. Using that as their defense gives them a “get of jail card” from the serious punishment. In The Tell Tale Heart, the Narrator states the opposite and claims that his crime was an act of sanity. That for what he did was not an act of madness, but an act of nervousness. The Narrator uses ethos to justify his actions were out of love for the old man, then pathos to show us his obsession of the old mans eye, and uses logos throughout the whole story to provide evidence that he is not crazy. Edgar Allan Poe’s name is widely known for the terror in many of his literary works. For those that don’t know Poe was a all-around writer. He has written short stories, poetry, novels, textbooks, and hundreds of essays and book reviews. But it was his tales that people remember him by. One of his notable works is The Tale Tell Heart, a Narrator who denies accusations that he is mad and begins to tell his story. He tells the readers that he driven to kill the old man he was living with because of his “Evil Eye.” One night the the Narrator sneaks into the old mans bedroom, removes him from his bed while he was asleep and …show more content…
Throughout the the story, the Narrator tells us that he couldn't kill the old man right away. “When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little --a very, very little crevice in the lantern. So I opened it --you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily --until, at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye” (Par 6, Poe). This provides some sort of evidence he loved the old man and that since he is near death it would fine to take his life. The Narrator uses this to logically prove that he is a sane