Personification In Tell Tale Heart

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In the “Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator acts crazy but states that he is not. He feels confident that he killed the old man, but then he feels guilty because he hears the old man’s heart beating. He repeats the word “I”, which is also a motif. He gives “death” personification by capitalizing the “D”. In the beginning of the story, the narrator starts of with an aggressive tone towards the audience. He also emphasizes the pausing in the middle of the story to show where he wants to keep the audience's attention point. Near the end, he starts using a lot of exclamation points to show the intense action. This also shows that he starts to shows that side of craziness. At the near end, the sentences start to get short a

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