Starting off the narrator claims his sanity, "You fancy me mad. But you should have seen me," (Poe 3). It becomes clear the narrator is defensive about himself and his condition. "But why will you say that I am mad?" is a statement that eludes recognition of his latter evil deeds as being an inner driving force (Poe 3). "If you still fancy me mad, you will think so no longer." Here lies yet another description of the narrator's defense proclaiming his sanity which was resounded even after killing the old man (Poe 6).

The physical evil as inferred by the narrator, has been b

More or less, it seems as if the tale serves as a justification of his terrible deed in order to keep a clean conscience. The narrator's sly actions each night, sense of control, delusions, and erratic behavior are all fueled from within - not from the eye. His guilty conscience destroys the perfect murder when he admits to the deed, (Poe 8). These instances depict the actions of the narrator and portray them as unreasonable when compared through his frame of reference. Outside of the madman's viewpoint lies the eye, nothing more than a scapegoat for the true evil, his own inner evil.

narrator's "fury" that excited him to "uncontrollable terror," (Poe 5). Not only does this old man have an evil eye, but an accursed heartbeat that "would be heard by the neighbors," (Poe 7). Both fully describe what the narrator contemplates as the physical evils that drove him to murder.

lamed upon a single eye belonging to old man. The eye "haunted" the narrator "day

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Approximate Word count = 650
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)