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Edgar Allen Poe's short story, The Tell-Tale Heart, is written in the first person. It is told by an unnamed narrator who describes a carefully calculated murder he committed, while attempting to convince the reader of his sanity.

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The mood of Poe's story The Tell-Tale Heart is nervous confusing tense and uncomfortable What decision did Poe make regarding the narrator that adds to this mood?

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Who was the main characters in tell tale heart?

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In the story The Tell-Tale Heart does the narrator feel any guilt about the idea of killing the old man?

No he doesn’t feel guilt. In fact he is proud of it and as he sits over the body talking to the police he is taking pride in what he has done.


How does the narrator feel after he commits the murder in the story The Tell-Tale Heart?

Paranoid, guilty, haunted, stressed.