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October 27, 2010

Literary Response

The Tell Tale Heart

Being mad, it can drive you into many odd situations. In Edgar Allen Poe’s The tell Tale heart the narrator’s own insanity drives him to kill a man, all because of his eye. The eye irritated him to point of murder, his own insanity and the irritation of the old man’s eye brought him to become more insane. Poe shows amazing imagery, has a strange antagonist, and a suspenseful ending.

Poe shows fantastic imagery in The Tell Tale Heart. His imagery really puts the reader inside of the story. “He had the eye oft a vulture- a pale blue eye with a film over it.” He really shows amazing imagery with his statement because it truly describes the eye of the old man. I feel like I am actually looking at the eye when I read that sentence. “Yes, he was stone dead.” This quote shows that the old man was as dead and still as a non-living stone. He really shows amazing imagery, putting you into the story.

It is very odd that an old man’s eye can cause so much insanity. The narrator is drove in to insanity by the look of the old man’s eye. They eyes is what drove him to kill the old man. “He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye!” This quote shows the old man wasn’t the one that had a problem with; his eye was. The eye is what drove him to murder, because the old man was a nice guy who had never done anything wrong to the narrator. “I made up my mind to take the life of the old man,” This quote shows that the eye drove him to the extent of murder. It really shows suspense, because you want to know what happens to him after the deed is done.

Towards the end of the story it was getting more suspenseful. The narrator becomes more confident and the something strange happened. “I fancied a ringing in my ears; but still they sat, and still chatted.” He shows once the ringing started he was calm. He was chatting with the officers just when it began getting louder. To me this shows how he was feeling guilt, because of the murder. "Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! -- tear up the planks! -- here, here! -- it is the beating of his hideous heart!" This is the final sentence, he admits he did it. He shows that the character is feeling guilty of the crime. It really fills the reader with surprise when they read this.

This story is filled with suspense, amazing imagery, and weird villains. It really shows the narrator’s, and the author’s insanity. This story really pulls you into it, and can keep you reading. The narrator is insane, but becomes more insane as the story progresses. I would recommend reading this story (especially around Halloween) to anyone.