The Test Of Time In 'Tell-Tale Heart'

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Tell Tale Heart In the mid 1800’s horror story Tell Tale Heart, the main character and caretaker of a very old man who just happens to have cataract in one of his eyes. Although now in the 21st century we may have an easy and short surgery for this, In this man's time it will ether be with him for the rest of his life or he will have to get the eye removed. Although in this story there is nothing the old man could of done about the problem his caretaker decided to, in a way take it into his own hands which may not be the right or sane way to undergo this issue.. So through the course of this story the main character decides to watch the man at night while he sleeps what his intentions of doing so far in the story before his plans reveal it is unknown as of what he wants to do but so far we know it won't be good. This story tells us that the caretaker has a problem and he doesn't like the man's eye . What he decides to do about it may be a grave decision and what …show more content…

This story shows that it can stand the test of time no matter what happens to the author or what happens in the story even if it has different word choice than we are used to in the twenty-first century and in 2016 all of our stories are complicated and well thought through, I think that tell tale heart is an perfect example of you have to do to create a story that will last for generations. This work of literature was written in 1843 and author Edgar Allen Poe was at an age of 34 years old at this book's completion, Tell-Tale heart has lasted 173 years and I think it can last for another century at least at the rate it is currently going because all of the “young” readers read it and can tell they're kids and their kids exc. This shows this story would last the test of time because we are still reading it

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