The Tell Tale Heart

Human nature is a delicate balance between good and evil. Most of the time there is an unknown balance and the evil is subdued; however, when there is a shift, for whatever reason, the dark or evil side of human nature can surface. In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", readers come across a man whose "blood runs cold" because of an old man's evil eye. It is this irrational fear which evokes the narrator's dark side and eventually leads to murder. The author utilizes the "Tell-Tale Heart" to convey the nature of life and how one can stray into insanity. The author combines this theme of human nature with subtle irony to create a horror story which is clearly an interpretive type of writing.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" first starts off with the narrator denying his insanity: "You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded ..". The narrator is trying a great deal to prove his sanity to the readers; however, the iron

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Approximate Word count = 711
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)