In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe, the information provided by the narrator is unreliable. His descriptions and explanations are warped and illogical, and it is very blatant that he is lying and bluffing. There are many parts of the story in which this is the case.
One example of the narrator being an unreliable source of information is when he says, “I had heard all the things in heaven and in the earth. I had heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad?” This information is very contradictory as he says he is not mad multiple times, but it is very blatant and obvious that he is insane. For one, there is no such thing as a disease that makes you feel better or that improves your senses and or health. Although, he likely did have a disease, just one that drives you …show more content…
I had been too wary for that. A tub had caught all --ha! Ha!” Keeping in mind, this story took place in the 1800s before power tools, such as power saws. He had to hand saw the body apart to dismember it and it is impossible to do that without spilling a single drop of blood anywhere. Yes, he did it in a tub, which most likely reduced the amount of blood spilled on the ground, but because of the repeated back and forth action required to use a handsaw, it is most likely that he was drenched or at least thoroughly covered in blood from the old man. Also, he dumped the contents of the tub out the window at about just the same time the police arrived at his home, so they most likely either saw the blood on the ground or saw it fall out the window. His disease probably made him so delirious that he thought there wasn’t any blood anywhere, when in reality it was everywhere.
In conclusion, the narrator from “The Tell=Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe is an unreliable source of information due to his insanity. He blatantly lies and has low understandings of the actual situations that are
One example of the narrator being an unreliable source of information is when he says, “I had heard all the things in heaven and in the earth. I had heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad?” This information is very contradictory as he says he is not mad multiple times, but it is very blatant and obvious that he is insane. For one, there is no such thing as a disease that makes you feel better or that improves your senses and or health. Although, he likely did have a disease, just one that drives you …show more content…
I had been too wary for that. A tub had caught all --ha! Ha!” Keeping in mind, this story took place in the 1800s before power tools, such as power saws. He had to hand saw the body apart to dismember it and it is impossible to do that without spilling a single drop of blood anywhere. Yes, he did it in a tub, which most likely reduced the amount of blood spilled on the ground, but because of the repeated back and forth action required to use a handsaw, it is most likely that he was drenched or at least thoroughly covered in blood from the old man. Also, he dumped the contents of the tub out the window at about just the same time the police arrived at his home, so they most likely either saw the blood on the ground or saw it fall out the window. His disease probably made him so delirious that he thought there wasn’t any blood anywhere, when in reality it was everywhere.
In conclusion, the narrator from “The Tell=Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe is an unreliable source of information due to his insanity. He blatantly lies and has low understandings of the actual situations that are