Myron Brooker November 18, 2014 B4 Human Deceit Arguably one of the most deceitful traits of human beings is the constant need to know that they are what they say they are. The author Edgar Allen Poe portrays this theme in his short story, “Tell Tale Heart”. During this short story a man believes he is being haunted by an evil entity trapped within an old man; the entity of the old man’s eye. Edgar Allen Poe uses repetition, imagery and a conversational tone to convey that people are what they say they are. Of the many reasons Poe’s stories remain read to this day is the imagery from the repetition Poe conveys in his stories. “Whenever it fell upon me my blood ran cold” (6-8). Within this sentence is a hidden message that tells the