Guilt Got the best of me
“I admit the deed!” His guilt had forced the words out of his mouth. He didn’t understand how the heart of a dead man could be beating, but what he actually didn’t know was that guilt had made him hear things that weren’t there. The power of morality had conquered his mind and his actions. He had learned that guilt was more powerful than anything that he could do. In the short story, there was an unnamed character. This character, appeared to be a psychopath. He was a servant to a man that he lived with. In the story, the main character, tried to murder his boss over a tiny reason. He planned out the murder carefully and practiced it over and over again, before executing it. During the murder, his practice paid
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This was only a small conflict in the story, but it led to the outcome. When he had killed the man, on of the neighbors called the police. The person versus person was the police officers versus the main character.
The setting of the story is very vague. The only thing that you can tell from it is that it is a dark and dreary scene. You can also tell that it probably takes place in a large house or mansion because the main character is a servant, so his boss is most likely rich. There wasn’t much evidence of the year, but I would estimate that it took place sometime in the 1800s because there were oil lamps in the rooms and that was when the author, Edgar Allan Poe, was alive.
I think the sound of the beating heart is a symbol in the story. I think it supposed to show that everyone has a heart, just like everyone has some kind of guilt. It shows that guilt is something that you can’t see, but it is very powerful and can drive you insane. I think the main character learns that guilt can be strong and that no amount of wits and sneakiness can surpass the power of guilt. “The Tell-Tale Heart”, really shows just how human tendencies can be really strong, even when people don’t want them to be