The Tell Tale Heart

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The video that was the best representation of the story was the animated video of “The Tell Tale Heart”. The reason why I chose this one is because it was more horrific and wasn't as boring. It also made it seem like he was actually telling but also doing it all at once. The animated film was also better because in the other movie there was a light switch. This one, it was all closer to being right than the live action was. The animated film had the lantern and the old mans eye was blue like in the story. The animated film was more helpful. If I were you, I'd watch the animated.

The animated video went wrong because he was hallucinating and the cut up old man threw his arm at him, and when he told the police he didn't throw his chair and

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