Dramatic Irony In The Tell-Tale Heart By Edgar Allan Poe

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In my opinion, YES! We see the narrator’s faulty character, but we also know how he feels about that own character! We also follow through on the remorse and anger that a third person narrator could never give us such a vivid description of. And Poe's use of dramatic irony AND a first person point of view makes the twist at the end's intriguing nature tenfold the shock compared to what it could have been. Using first person was also an interesting move because when somebody reads, they often feel more empathy for the character explaining themselves but then how can you empathize for someone who can't even empathize for their self in this case? We see through the eyes of man himself just how apple evil and vile man can be. Even now, a person's