How Does Poe Build Suspense In The Tell Tale Heart

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Would you believe a crazy man or would you be the victim? The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe is about a man who is crazy, and he is also the narrator of this story. The man kills a man just because he did not like the look of his eye. He says it looks like a vulture eye. This story has a lot of suspense. It builds up the suspense and lets it all out at the best parts. Suspense is when there is say someone knocking on a door and they won't tell you what is on the other side. That's suspense. Suspense is the sense of growing tension, fear, and excitement felt by the reader. The techniques Poe uses to build suspense in his story are vivid words, anxiety, and setting. In the story, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, Poe describes anxiety