The Tell-Tale Heart Insane

The Narrator who killed the old man…was he insane, and will he admit his crime? The story takes place at the old man’s home. The narrator came to visit every night at midnight for a week and looked at him as he slept. He killed the man, but why did he do it? What happened to the narrator when the police came to the house? The story shows that the Narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" is mentally unstable. Why do we think the Narrator killed him? “He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! He had an eye of a vulture.” (Poe 89).He had no real reason to kill him it was not because of his money or he had never insulted him. He finally decided that it wanted to do it because of his eye. He had a vulture eye. “You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded--with what caution-- with what foresight—with what dissimulation. I went to work!” (Poe 89 & 90). He was aware that he was not normal. He was cunning and entered the old man’s house in such a sneaky way, he prayed on him. He knew

A neighbor had heard a shriek and the police were summoned. He opened the door to three officers. He gave them a tour of the house but when they sat and talked to him he heard a noise in his head that sounded like a watch enveloped in cotton. “I felt myself getting pale and wished them gone. My head ached, and I fancied a ringing in my ears: but still they sat and still chatted. The ringing became more distinct.” (Poe 94). “I felt that I must scream or die!—and now—again!—hark! Louder! Louder! Louder! “Villains”! I shrieked, “Dissemble” no more! I admit the deed!—tear up the planks!—here, here!—it is the beating of his hideous heart!”(Poe 94). This shows the mental state he was in during his conversation with the officers. It was so bad that he admitted his