Edgar Allen Poe, the American editor and writer, is one of the greatest that the America’s has ever seen. Poe was infamous for his horror stories that often left his readers startled and confused. Poe died in the year of 1849 and still is one of the most popular American writers of all time. Some of his greatest works includes titles such as, The Raven, the Cask of Amontillado, and a Tell-Tale Heart. Each of his works usually included a rather troubled character with a range of different characteristics. Character complexities were a make a break for Poe, and are usually what made his works so great. The main character in A Tell-Tale Heart is a perfect example of a complex character. Though his identity was never really revealed, it was easy to see he was going to be a strange character from the very start of the story. It is easy to detect that the character’s instability, but instability would be an understatement. To be insane, one must be in a state of mind that prevents one from normal behaviour or normal perception, and the character failed to illustrated signs of normalness in either. Not only did he murder an innocent man, but he stalked him as if he were a hunter waiting for the right time to attack. “And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it --oh …show more content…
He is extremely paranoid and assumes that everyone thinks he is psychotic. Not only is he insecure, but he was insecure for all the wrong reasons. He attempts to approve of his actions with insecurity. ” Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me... would a madman have been so wise as this” (Poe). It is easy to see that he is a madman, but apparently he just could not be a peace with it. Even though he knew what he was doing was wrong, he made excuses to make him feel