Need a stronger hook.The story Tell-tale Heart shows the many sides of a mad man's resentment toward an old man who's blue, filmy, vulture eye drives the mad man into insanity. The ending will leave you hanging onto the idea of insanity. The story will draw you into Tell-tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe,by the twisted mood, detailed imagery, and his fascinating motivation. Your intro needs more ...summary of story.
The details of imagery portrayed by author Edgar Allen Poe ofin Tell-tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)get rid of pulled the reader into the feelings and the sights of the characters. They made you feel in the story. "He had the eye of a vulture - a pale blue eye,with a film over it," (Poe 627)found on page 627 gave the reader an insight oninto the character's facial features and and the reason this was driving him mad. "His room was as black as pitch with thick darkness"(Poe 626) page 626. This quote gives you a feel of the reader's surroundings and adds an eerie tense that pulls you to read more.
transition wordThe dark and sinful mood makes you question his thoughts, actions, and motions you to read forward into the twisted and spine-tingling mood. "Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror." this quote made the blood pulse faster in your veins as you tend to imagine and feel the setting around the characters.read the previous sentence out loud and see if it makes sense "He shrieked once - once only."(Poe ) And the old man had reached his time.
The character of Edgar Allan Poe's story Tell-tale Heart has questionable motivation and may convince you of his accusations of being mad. You will be on the edge of your seat as the writing of Edgar Allan Poe sharpens your senses. "It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain." page?Being mad had overtaken him at this point of the story and his actions result in nothing but a tragedy in the house of the old innocent man. "I made up my mind to take the life of the old man" (Poe 626). The beating of his heart slowed to a stop and then into a mind boggling tick of a watch buzzing in your ear. This had drawn him to an extent you had never seen coming.
The surprise ending pushes you off your chair and into the emotions of Edgar Allan Poe's mad character. This story sent a live wire in my nerves and scared me into wanting to read more.not 1st personThe imagery, mood,and motivation were some of the highlights of his work; Tell-tale Heart. Don't repeat your thesis again and again.
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