There are two conflicts that occur with the story: internal and external. The internal conflict is the narrator's guilt over killing the old man forces him to believe that he hears the dead man's heart beating. "I talked more quickly-more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased.". Ones owns conscience can only take so much before the person breaks down. "Oh God! What could I do? I foamed-I raved-I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased."

The external conflict is the eye itself; the narrator feels that the old man's eye is always watching him in turn

Basically what I think Edgar Allen Poe is trying to imply to us is that everyone holds a little madness within and subconsciously. We must fight the urge and accept it fully, to be excepted and considered normal. Because everyone's got to do it.

makes him think he can read his mind. "It was open-wide, wide open-and I grew furious as I gazed upon it. I saw it with perfect distinctness-all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones." A madman can only take so much when he fixated on an eye.

Ones own subconscious mind could create emotions that can persuade one to do deeds in which he/she never thought of. Either it be good or bad like the narrators feelings towards the old man's eye. Emotions are those not to be put aside or forgotten about. But should be dealt with and conditioned to a norm. Mind over matter.

The emotional feeling of the narrator are those of the depressed. He is neither shy or outgoing. He thinks he is skillful and not mad. "If you still think me mad, you will think s

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Approximate Word count = 708
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)