An exemplary message everyone should take in, no matter the person, is that when committing an ill mannered act, guilt will always win the battle of overtaking someone, while making them do the right thing as well. In the story, “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator, considered as a madman by some, slowly takes out his plan of murdering an innocent old man for his “vulture eye”. When the narrator 's plan didn 't go as he wanted it to, he revoltingly crushed the old man, whose heart was vigorously pounding with fear, with a bed until he couldn 't breathe. The dreadful pounding of the heart later appeared in the narrator 's thoughts as a form of guilt, which forced him to go insane. The overall mood determined by the text, darkness and madness, was influenced by several elements to help elevate it. Hence, Edgar Allan Poe focused on multiple craft moves, 1st person narrator, symbolism, and description to build a mood.
Right from the start, the author uses the craft move, 1st person narrator, to
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In “The Tell Tale Heart”, guilt was introduced from the middle till the end to teach others, specifically the narrator, if committing wrongful actions, revenge will come sooner or later to teach a lesson. Guilt is a common result occuring after something naughty or crimeful has been committed. Many can learn lessons from their own guilt, while others are left unaffected and simply move on with their life with no lesson learned. For example, in our world, stealing something can result in the benefit of the thief, but guilt comes as a form of something else;in this case, the police. Similarly, the narrator in this story committed a murder and didn 't get hit with the outcome of guilt until the end, when he went insane to the atrocious beating of the heart. Though, was he really affected by his guilt or did he just want his suffering to end? Did he really learn anything throughout his experience? Many can be left wondering-does guilt really