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Tell Tale Heart Symbolism

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Edgar Allan Poe is known for making his readers have a deeper connection to his work through symbolism. Specifically, in “The Tell-Tale Heart”, he personifies different things throughout the story to convey his characters true underlying emotions. When using symbolism, the risk of confusing the reader is possible but when used correctly it helps to convey a more profound subtext that would otherwise be unachievable. The revealing story exhibits this symbolism through the ominous eye and the ticking heart. The eye symbolizes the narrators fear of the old man. The “pale blue eye, with film over it” is a gateway to the man’s soul where all his secrets are hidden. The soul could reveal a judgement about the narrator taken as spite which
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