How does one be insane? To be considered insane, you must be in “the state of being seriously mentally ill” stated by Oxford dictionaries. So how mental does it take to be considered “insane”?
Crimes are considered as “an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law” which brings up another question. Is being mentally ill and committing a major crime result in a consequence like jail or being put in an asylum? People argue no because he is mental, he couldn’t help himself, and was “forced” to do it. They will probably just give him a warning or put him in a program to help his insanity curve down in terms of lethality. But as much as they argue, breaking a law, under any circumstance will result in a consequence of some sort, especially murder.
He said that the eye was cursed, haunted, or dangerous to him. But in others head, the old man’s eyes were just as friendly as the old man himself. The narrator acted by heart and was committed to killing him and remove the eye from his visions in his head. So therefore he killed the man and covered him so that he doesn’t have to see him again, and as a bonus, the police doesn’t find the body and …show more content…
There is still a slight chance though that Poe might be able to slip in a detail about the cause of his insanity to lessen his time in consequence. But never less, he committed the crime, and nobody
even known about it besides himself, so no one else could’ve forced him to cause the death of an innocent old man.
The details are yet to be explained up close about the crime that Edgar Poe has committed. And by law, the crime was unjust to the old man. But what other important details are we missing about Poe’s insanity and life before the crime that may have caused the
Crimes are considered as “an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law” which brings up another question. Is being mentally ill and committing a major crime result in a consequence like jail or being put in an asylum? People argue no because he is mental, he couldn’t help himself, and was “forced” to do it. They will probably just give him a warning or put him in a program to help his insanity curve down in terms of lethality. But as much as they argue, breaking a law, under any circumstance will result in a consequence of some sort, especially murder.
He said that the eye was cursed, haunted, or dangerous to him. But in others head, the old man’s eyes were just as friendly as the old man himself. The narrator acted by heart and was committed to killing him and remove the eye from his visions in his head. So therefore he killed the man and covered him so that he doesn’t have to see him again, and as a bonus, the police doesn’t find the body and …show more content…
There is still a slight chance though that Poe might be able to slip in a detail about the cause of his insanity to lessen his time in consequence. But never less, he committed the crime, and nobody
even known about it besides himself, so no one else could’ve forced him to cause the death of an innocent old man.
The details are yet to be explained up close about the crime that Edgar Poe has committed. And by law, the crime was unjust to the old man. But what other important details are we missing about Poe’s insanity and life before the crime that may have caused the