Use Of Fear In Edgar Allen Poe's Tall Tell Heart

Have you ever wondered where scary movies, books, and such come from? Poe created some of the first “scary” works of art. One of the biggest things about this paper is how Poe creates fear and dread. The narrator in this story is the man who started everything from watching the old man with the mentality to kill him even though the old man has done nothing to narrator, however the old mans eye is too much to bare for the narrator. In “Tall tell heart” Edgar Allen Poe creates contrast between characters, and how they interact with each other weather for better or worse. Poe creates fear and dread using characters, violence, and suspense all, which creates the conflict between two characters.
Poe creates fear and dread through many different

One way he builds suspense is through sound effects. Poe uses the many different sound effects, one of which is the squeaky door. Although it is just a squeaky door the door represents how careful the narrator was to open the door didn’t so that it did not squeak too loud and awake the old man. Opening the door slowly squeaking ever so quietly makes one think what is going to be on the other side of the door. Another sound Poe uses are the sounds of the beetles; the death beetles are loud and are heard at night. These beetles represent death, they are heard at night when it is dark and they cannot be seen. The dread and suspense the death beetles add is right before the narrator leaps at the old man and tries to kill him. ”Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror.” (Poe 304) This ensured the death of the old man. This was to show the old man had past and nothing could bring him back. It was the point where the narrator knows the deed had been done and he can happily move forth. Poe also adds music to build suspense. When one hears the music they know an action of some sort is about to happen. Another thing Poe adds to build suspense is foreshadowing. Poe foreshadows the end of the story throughout the entire story. From the begging one could perceive the old man dies because of all the points the narrator says. “It is impossible to say how the idea entered my brain; but once conceived,

The narrator was a violent man and did what he had to, to get what he wanted. The violent act that the narrator took was killing the old man. The old man’s eye had given the narrator enough pain; it was time for him to go. One night when the narrator thought the time was right he beat him to death. Though the deed had been done the narrator was not done yet. “I then smiled gaily, to find the dead so far done.”(Poe 305) The dead had been done but the narrator still planned to do more. The narrator cut off his arms, legs, and head from the rest of his corpse. The narrator covered his tracks not getting a spot of blood anywhere. Any human eye not even his could tell anything happened in this old house. The narrator took the arms, legs, and head of the old man and placed them under the floorboards, which he had pulled up. The narrator took every precaution; no one was going to find out what happened the night before. “I smiled, -for what had I to fear? I bade the gentlemen welcome.”(Poe 306) The narrator let the policemen for he had nothing to worry all the violence was in the pas and he covered his footsteps well. The narrator was so confident in everything he had done when he asked the policemen if they wanted to sat down and relax he sat upon the very spot beneath which was the corpse of the old man. Soon however the old mans heartbeat came back as it kept becoming louder and louder only in the head of the narrator; he