The TellTale Heart

tries to convince the reader that he is not mad. But by the speaker telling the story as he

does, he answers his own question that he asks the reader at the start of the story, “...why

will you say I am mad?” ( Introduction to Literature, page 415). He attempts to tell his

story in a calm manner, but as he describes various parts, he begins ranting with a great

The speaker pays particular attention to emphasize specific parts of his story. He

is sure to highlight that he is simply nervous, and that he could not possibly be mad

because as he says, “the disease had sharpened my senses” (415). Rather the disease, as

he refers to his madness, only allowed him to hear more clearly those sounds of his

imagination, to see what his mind wanted him to see. He kills the old man because the

old man had an evil eye of that of a vulture which would make the speaker’s blood run

cold when he was looked upon. He even says he loved the old man, never does the

speaker refer to him as anything else, but because of how the old man’s eye looked the

speaker needed to destroy it. This is the start of the speaker’s madness, and as

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)