He walked into the court room, looking around with a curious expression on his face. I wondered if he even knew what was going on. The police escorted him to the front, where he would sit. Questions were thrown at him as he sat there dumbfounded. He screeched “It was me! I killed the old man.” (A Tell-Tale Heart 93)
The room was silent and a sudden horror arose inside me. Standing before me was a murderer, but why I pondered. Why did he confess to such a crime that would lock him away? Trying to explain he yelled, “It was his eye that vexed me.” (A Tell-Tale Heart 90). He was mad I thought and it appeared I was right. I listened closely as the lawyers bickered about if he would be responsible or not. Why would he be responsible, he’s clearly …show more content…
I was thinking that it’s not his fault because it’s true, he’s a mad man, but I am starting to reconsider. Thoughts filled my head. So what if he’s mad, he should still be very aware of what’s going on around him. He stared at the man with caution every night for a week, knowing that he would kill the old man. I’m sure he doubted himself for at least a second. He may be too insane that in reality he’s very intelligent. Maybe so intelligent that he’s thinking he can get away with the murder by blaming it on his madness.
One of the cops interrupted quickly, “He confessed to us the night we showed up, he was very anxious, so we got him to spill everything out.” (A Tell-Tale Heart 94). Hearing this I knew. I knew that he meant to kill the man and that it wasn’t his madness. It was just the olds man’s eye made him mad, the slaughter was completely him. When the cops arrived to the house he got anxious because he knew that the killing was all him, not his madness. He should and he will take responsibility for his crime because it troubled him so much to know that he murdered the man. He could not live with himself knowing that he got away with murder. Deceptively it wasn’t just me who thought that he should take the liability. When the Jury deliberated, many agreed. The dispute was settled; he is
The room was silent and a sudden horror arose inside me. Standing before me was a murderer, but why I pondered. Why did he confess to such a crime that would lock him away? Trying to explain he yelled, “It was his eye that vexed me.” (A Tell-Tale Heart 90). He was mad I thought and it appeared I was right. I listened closely as the lawyers bickered about if he would be responsible or not. Why would he be responsible, he’s clearly …show more content…
I was thinking that it’s not his fault because it’s true, he’s a mad man, but I am starting to reconsider. Thoughts filled my head. So what if he’s mad, he should still be very aware of what’s going on around him. He stared at the man with caution every night for a week, knowing that he would kill the old man. I’m sure he doubted himself for at least a second. He may be too insane that in reality he’s very intelligent. Maybe so intelligent that he’s thinking he can get away with the murder by blaming it on his madness.
One of the cops interrupted quickly, “He confessed to us the night we showed up, he was very anxious, so we got him to spill everything out.” (A Tell-Tale Heart 94). Hearing this I knew. I knew that he meant to kill the man and that it wasn’t his madness. It was just the olds man’s eye made him mad, the slaughter was completely him. When the cops arrived to the house he got anxious because he knew that the killing was all him, not his madness. He should and he will take responsibility for his crime because it troubled him so much to know that he murdered the man. He could not live with himself knowing that he got away with murder. Deceptively it wasn’t just me who thought that he should take the liability. When the Jury deliberated, many agreed. The dispute was settled; he is