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Edgar Allan Poe Rhetorical Analysis

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“In an instant I dragged over to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to the deed so far done. Page 3”, he smiled, he was happy for killing him, if he does it once, he’ll do it again. This man, Edgar Allan Poe has to be insane, he said, “ I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. Page 1”. He said that it was all because of the “eye”, apparently their was a vulture's eye. For this cause, He said that he could hear the heartbeat getting louder and louder to were it made him get very mad and guilty that he admitted the murder. Edgar is legally insane because he doesn't know what he is doing along with the voices inside of his head. “ I looked upon him while he slept. Upon the eighth night I was more cautious …show more content…

He is taking the life of innocent persons. We think that the best way for him not to do this again is for him to be prosecuted. Although we don’t know if he’s done this before, you could be killing him for his mind. I know how you said that he is smart, but what if is his smart and that’s it, there's nothing wrong with him. You can’t just put him in a mental institution, if he’s smart, he’ll just figure out how to get out, look, he figured out to kill an innocent. Edgar said, “ Madmen know nothing. Page 1”, he knew something if he planned and told us every detail. In conclusion, we do not thng that Edgar is insane, but worthy of his death. When Edgar said, “Madmen know nothing. Page 1”, he was simply stating a fact, nonetheless, and He wouldn’t get out of a mental intuition, do know how many people that are smart go into that place, they have not escaped, how would Edgar. By prosecuting him would do nothing good. The only thing that it would do would kill someone that need help. Additionally, If you killed everyone that has done something wrong, none of us would probably be here. Everyone makes mistakes, for Edgar this just happens to be a more important one. I am not saying that it was good of him to kill that man, but he can learn to do

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(Dictionary, 1) A person with these conditions aren’t aware of what they are doing and they will do what it takes to get the feeling to go away, if one is killing and eating people then they clearly have a problem, and should be treated for it. In his first trial he was innocent upon insanity. (Crime, 1) Therefore, he should be free and go to a mental hospital.

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The definition of Legal insanity is that at the time of the crime, the killer couldn’t tell the difference between reality and fantasy, right from wrong, and/or could not control his/her behavior. The killer in “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe is not legally insane. The killer is not insane because of the killer having controlled behavior when planning the murder, hiding the body because the killer knows what the killer did was wrong, and the killer acted crazy and freaked out around the police after the crime was committed. For instance, a reason the killer is not insane is the killer could control the killer’s behavior.

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I am not giving him an excuse for murder. I’m just trying to say that he wasn’t aware of what he was doing and doesn’t completely understand what he did. Mr. Poe claims that he killed the old man because, of his unusual mind. Now does that sound sane to you, the jury, because, no sane person would even attempt to kill someone. That would mean that Mr. Poe is not sane and is very much

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At the beginning of the story the narrator says that “I made up my mind to take the life of the old man and thus rid myself of the eye forever!” (Poe 3). This shows that he is mentally insane

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