THE TELL-TALE HEART by Edgar Allan Poe: Summary & Analysis 

I always associated the sound of the old man's heart with the narrator having an anxiety attack or a panic attack brought on by the excitement of the murder or the fear of being caught. When people have these panic attacks, they often hear the pulsing of their own heart which I think the narrator confused with the old man's. I agree with the other commentors. You give a great presentation.

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Aside an aside, I love the naval synergy. The term “old man” is a naval term / jargon referring to the captain of a vessel or ship. This could be a sailor struggling with the orders of a ship captain towards a mutiny. The imagery of the narrator placing his head in to watch the sleeping old man makes me think of a navel porthole / window. The scrutiny of the "old man's" vulture’s eye the way military leaders find deficiency in almost everything. In a sense, the narrator is communicating that the “old man” is being questioned / watched by the crew. This could also symbolize the captains inability to set the path forward and has lost the confidence of the crew. And yet, for no clear reason the individual(s) feel the need to mutiny and kill the captain or “old man”. Oddly enough he is buried below the boards (plank or ship) in a way that is flawless save the beating or pounding of the heart or waves. The ship law enforcement come to investigate the captains quarters and the killer sits soundly over the murder seen indicating his comfort level with the act of murder and his craft of killing save the beating sound of the waves on the hull, like a clocks ticking - endless and triggering him to madness of his actions.

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I'm doing an assignment on this at the moment and having written alot already I'm left needing a paragraph on the vulture eye so your interpretations were very helpful. I've seen some say it represent knowledge but can't stop think about the veil over the eye. There's also a lot of contradiction in that he is like a scavenging vulture, similar to how he believes in his supernatural senses, and yet it seems it is his own heart he hears beating. He never refers to his own eye, and yet with the contradictions that prove he is insane it could be seen that the eye is a poor gateway to truth. Poe was particularly interested in the insanity plea made in the case of the murder by James Woods, of which he wrote. The court omitted an event where Woods had appeared unusually calm before murdering his daughter, I think Poe felt that the insanity plea was questionable given the clarity Woods had shown, perhaps suggesting that it was a premeditated murder.

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I like your sentance:'What a cheerful short story!" In fact, this story was recommended to me by my American friend. And to be honest I was shocked when I finished reading the story, especially because the second recommendation was The Lottery by Shirly Jackson. I decided to search the internet to find a reasonable explanation of this story. As a non-native speaker, I really like your voice, strong and a little bit loud ( just guessing-NY). The pace of your voice is a little bit too fast, but that is just my opinion. Your analysis was excellent, and I especially like the part connected with vultures and their eyes. But, in the end, I didn't understand the motivation for writing such a story. It might be connecting with some diseases ( schizophrenia?) or with a big disappointment that happened in the author's life. That question might you inspire to add the second part of your analysis. Again, thanks a lot! You did a great job!

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The Narrator proved himself sane by proving himself insane.

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I love to think about Poe coming up with this story. WTF! I wonder what happened to inspire it

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How does a normal narrator know about how a crazy man thinks or hears , the narrator proved himself to be insane

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I feel like this story is riddled with themes of thanatophobia (fear of death) that the narrator clear shows, which is the root of his desire to kill the old man

Evil abounds from personal fear. 😢

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What is the real world connection in the story?

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I want to meet the old man. I want to know the guy who has the audacity to keep his heart beating, even after his death

one would think that after chopping up the body there would be blood everywhere and the police would see it and arrest the narrater, however being it was dark and taken place in the 1800's where candles were common I can buy the fact that the police wouldn't see the blood

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Unlike most of the other commenters, I did not come here to see a white woman. I have come here to present a query of mine for contemplation. While I was doing my masters in English literature, we had this story in our syllabus. I remember a girl in our class proposing an idea that the narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" is actually a woman. She tried to strengthen her assertion by pointing out that the gender of the narrator is never been specifically stated in the story. Her view was that the "eye" of the old man was actually a look of desire or an authoritative look of patriarchy which she needs to get rid of. This idea is interesting. I would be really grateful if anyone takes this idea into consideration and replies to me. Thank you.

You got it all wrong. Poe didn’t write this. It was Oscar Mild, who also plays the old girl in the story.

could you please give a detailed explanation to the unreliability of the narrator?

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