THE TELL TALE HEART

THE TELL TALE HEART

1. Characters

   • Narrator
   • Old Man
   • Police officers

2. History

   • The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe classified in Gothic narrative, first published in the literary newspaper The Pioneer in January 1843.
   • The Tell-Tale Heart is generally considered a classic of Gothic literature, and one of the most important works of its author.
   • Poe does not place us in a specific time or place; however, it does provide characteristics that allow the reader to imagine where the events take place. In The Tell-Tale Heart, the events take place in a home with a floor made of wooden planks.

3. Subject

   • Blame
   • Evil
   • Madness
   • Guilt

4. Crime

   • At last his heart stopped, the old man was dead
   • The old man gave a loud cry, when he fell on top and kept the quilts over his head
   • The smile as he felt the success, his heart hardly beat

5. Synopsis

   • The Tell-Tale Heart tells the story of a man and an old man he lives with, who has a pale blue, cloudy “vulture” eye, which distresses the narrator so much that he plans to murder the old man, although he also insists that love the old man
     • Two main themes in Edgar Allan Poe's Tell-Tale Heart are guilt and insanity (This theme of insanity can also be seen reflected in the character of The Shining). Apparently, the narrator cannot deal with his guilt and eventually confesses everything to the police, ruining his "perfect crime."

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