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Anger And Bad Mistakes In The Tell-Tale Heart By Edgar Allen Poe

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“I withdrew my arm from her grasp and buried the axe into her brain.” (120) Edgar Allen Poe was an 1800's author who wrote horror stories. In some of Poe’s short stories, the narrator vowed revenge, but he usually got caught, so he ended up getting executed. In Poe’s short stories, the theme “Anger can lead to bad mistakes” is shown through plot, character, and conflict. In Poe’s short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the story clearly demonstrates that anger can lead to bad mistakes. The young man is mad at the old man’s eye, so he killed the old man. “All a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it, that chilled the very marrow in my bones.” (83) The young man is disturbed by the old man’s eye. This quote shows that the young man has anger towards the old man’s eye, and he kills the man. The next quote is “But the beating grew louder and louder…” (83) This quote shows that the young man is angry and guilty for killing the old man. The young man’s anger towards the old man led to the mistake of killing the old man, for which he is guilty of. Obviously, Plot clearly shows that anger can lead to bad mistakes. …show more content…

The protagonist in “The Cask of Amontillado” is Fortunato, who gets murdered by the antagonist Montresor. The first quote is, “I vowed revenge.” (167) Montresor has anger towards Fortunato, so he wanted revenge. Revenge gets you nothing, so don’t get angry. The next quote is, “No answer still.” (166) Montresor killed Fortunato, and he will leave him to die. Montresor’s anger and want for revenge lead him to a mistake of killing Fortunato. As you can see, the character clearly expresses that anger can lead to bad

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