Have you ever read a story about a man who kills an elder because of his eye? Would you recommend it for 13-14yr olds? This essay is about the story “Tell Tale Heart”. The story basically is about a psychotic man who hates an old man because he had a cataract. He would walk into the man’s room, at midnight, and watch him sleep, waiting to kill him. After he kills him, the police search his house. After searching for a while, the police have no luck, he gets away with it. Time after, he begins to hear a loud thumping sound, the old man’s heart. He confesses to his crimes and the cops take him away. Now, you would probably think this story is way too gruesome for young teenagers, or you may think they should suck it up and stop being so sensitive. In my opinion, “Tell Tale Heart” is not appropriate for reading with kids in my age group. …show more content…
On page 92, the author says, “With a loud yell, I leaped into the bedroom. The old man shrieked only once. In an instant, I dragged him to the floor and pulled the heavy bed on him. Then, I smiled because the deed was nearly done.” Horrendous information such as this, which is “TMI”, will most definitely cause nightmares. The subject is generally just a crazy man killing people for no reason.
Next, this story teaches you that it is possible to get away with murder. The evidence that supports my theory states, “First of all, I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the legs. I then took up the three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings. I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye--not even his--could have detected anything wrong.” Would you like it if your young teenager knew how to get away with murder? People would never know where the body is, all along its under your
Understanding That point, It may make them want to read even more but it’s that the setting took place in a house of an old man that was killed of his eye. I think that more our age group won’t understand that this could possibly happen. This book grabs your attention but knowing that you could do this in a way to “get rid of something” that bothers you. It’s simple, and most people don’t feel bad in a way that their conscance don’t affect them in a way.
cannot hear the man’s heart beating loudly. He describes the fear of the old man in bed after
In conclusion, Tell tale heart is one of the best stories and should stay as a middle school standard. there was raising action filled with suspense. An change from almost insane to completely insane. There was a climax to a beautiful story. Yeah it contains violence but that what make horror stories horror, and besides i can think of a story far more violent than this one. This story is great so i hope it is never taken out of the 8th grade
The Tell Tale Heart is a short story that is long on imagery and symbolism. Take the old mans eye for example. The narrator describes it as a “Vulchers” eye. This conjures up an image of a vulcur circling a dying animal. The narrator is so fixated on it he mentions it three times in the story.
The story starts out with a brief introduction from the criminal. He describes how he feels completely sane, and tries to contradict any opposing views. Giving several reasons to explain his claim, the man finally
The narrator's fate is unclear, although it is probable that he, too, faces execution or certainly some sort of hefty punishment for what he has done. Perhaps he has been committed to an insane asylum, which would explain his constant need to declare that he is not insane; he does not show remorse for his crime, but rather expresses a sense of glee that the old man was murdered, coupled with a new sense of defeat since the heartbeat sound continues to torment him. Its presence affirms the narrator's madness, that his fears are not of supernatural origin, but rather are internalized conditions within his own mind.
...cause of the old man he is taking care of’s eye. One of the old man’s eyes was a pale blue with a film over it. Because of this, he decides to kill the old man to “be free of it”. When he brutally murders the old man, he dismembers his body and puts it under the floorboard. A neighbor heard screams and sent the police over to see what the problem was and the narrator claimed he screamed in his sleep and the old man was out of town. The police believed nothing was wrong, but the narrator’s guilt consumed him, and he told on himself, causing him to be arrested.
In "The Tell-Tale Heart", the storyteller tells of his torment. He is tormented by an old man's Evil Eye. The storyteller had no ill will against the old man himself, even saying that he loved him, but the old man's pale blue, filmy eye made his blood run cold. And when the storyteller couldn't take anymore of the Evil Eye looking at him, he said, "I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever." This is the start of the storyteller’s madness, and as the reader listens to what he says, the madness within the storyteller becomes very apparent.
The major part of the story was mostly about the guilt of the narrator. The story is about a mad man that after killing his companion for no reason hears a never-ending heartbeat and lets out his sense of guilty by shouting out his confession.
The Tell-Tale Heart is a story about a man whom, plagued by mental disorder, takes the life of a man. The narrator claims to have love for the old man and insist that it is the old man 's vulture eye that he cannot stand. He watches the old man for seven nights before killing him, dismembering the body, and hiding the evidence. The narrator ends up confessing to his crime to police officers after he is driven mad by the beating of the, now dead, old man 's heart.
It is impossible to say how the idea of murdering the old man first entered the mind of the narrator. There was no real motive as stated by the narrator: "Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me....For his gold I had no desire. I think that it was his eye!"
story is a young boy. The motive to kill is that he sees the boy’s
Though the narrator just murdered the innocent old man, he believes he is justifiably sane and calm. This ironically, is not the case in retrospect. After burying the evidence of the murder the police arrive and question the narrator of the screams the neighbor reported. Still during this time, the narrator thought he was completely justified and sane. He kept reassuring himself they knew nothing while chatting and answering their questions. Just as he thought he was in the clear for the murder of the old man, the narrator begins to hear a thumping and beating noise. He is alarmed by the noise, worried the police who are questioning him are hearing the same noise he is. The noise he is hearing is of a heart. Not his own heart, nor the heart of the old man he just murdered, but is the cadence and realization of his own guilt. Throughout this story, it is obvious that he is either criminally insane and this story is real and has happened, or it is all in his imagination. The setting of this story is not known, so he could either be in prison telling this story, or in an insane asylum. Regarding the beating heart he is hearing, it symbolizes and shows satire in the murder that he has committed. After hearing the noise loudly and clearly, the narrator confesses to the police who he thinks also can hear the noise. The irony of his
The noise grew louder and he eventually yelled and told the cops where to find the body and what he had done to the old man. In the end it was his own madness that gave him away. The same beating heart that caused him to kill the man, caused him to confess to the murder. “"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 5)
According to the story, “ Tell Tale Heart” some think it’s not age appropriate for 8th grade students, and some think its is. The Tell Tale Heart is about the narrator being afraid of the old man’s eye. He’s so afraid of his eye, he decide to take the life of the old man. So he kills the old man and hide his body parts under the floor so that no one would know where his body is at. He ends up telling on himself, because he’s so guilty. And In my opinion I strongly believe that the “Tell Tale Heart” is appropriate for 8th grade students.