Vincent Price's Monologue Of 'Tell-Tale Heart'

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Vincent Price's monologue of “Tell Tale Heart” illustrates just how crazy the narrator really is. In the short story, “Tell Tale Heart,” the narrator explains why he strangled his neighbor and how he did it, “For it was not the old man who vexed me, but his evil eye”...”First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.” In the dramatic reading by Vincent Price, Vincent shows a very relieved and happy emotion while explaining in detail how he strangled an old man, and even demonstrated the act. In addition, you can catch Vincent smiling and laughing as if murder is something everyone tosses around in conversation. Eventually, the narrator explains how he hid his neighbor's body with words that express being