Lowry, Andy
3/4 ELA
"He had the eye of the vulture - a pale blue eye with a film over it."(pg. 625). Edgar Allan Poe uses incredible imagery and characterization in his story, "Tell-Tale Heart", to keep his readers in suspense, to keep them attached to his heart-pounding stories. In this story Edgar Allan Poe is driven insane by the old man’s eye. He describes the eye as the “Evil Eye” as if it was a person. In the story the narrator said he never had a problem with the old man but he thought it was his eye that drove him insane. Poe decided to take the old mans life to rid him of the eye. He encounters some problems on the way, but to figure that out, you’ll have to read the story. Poe uses three main components to make this story an all time great. The three components are characterization, imagery, and an interesting plot.
It amazes me how Poe can describe his characters so thoroughly that it seems like you have known the character for years. "TRUE!-nervous-very,very dreadfully nervous I had been and am!" (pg 625). Edgar's use of this quote really amplifies your understanding of the mad man in Poe's story. I like this quote not just because of how it describes the mad man but because just that one sentence tells a lot about the authors style of writing. "He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye with a film over it." (pg. 625). This quote shows both imagery and characterization. I think this is wonderful in the characterization category because he tells a lot about the old man in the novel. You can really imagine the old mans face. The eye of a vulture, dark and wrinkly. Edgar Allan Poe is not only great in characterization, but imagery too.
"...there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch." (pg. 628). To me this is one of Poe's most descriptive quotes. He uses this quote to describe how the killer was so close to the old man that that he could hear the beating of his heart. This was when the killer decided to put the mattress over the man and kill him. This was also the most important part in the short story. "...a pale blue eye with a film over it."(pg 625) This quote is described to explain the old man's eye. With this quote you can really imagine the structure of the old mans eye. Blue, shadowy, looks like a vulture. Poe really emphasizes in imagery and i think that is why he is such a great author.
Along with characterization and imagery Edgar Allan Poe always has a great plot to keep his readers hooked to his story.
"I made up my mind to take the life of the old man." (pg 626). This quote tells what the story is about; for the psycho man to rid himself of the old man's eye that drives him insane. I think this quote was a key part to the story for two reasons. One, if this quote wasn't in the story the readers would be left in suspense of what happened to the old man and two, this quote was a give away to show that the man was actually psychotic. "I cut off the head and the arms and the legs." (pg 626). This quote was very descriptive on how the old man dealt with the body after it was murdered. If you were to read on you would find that one of the neighbors called the cops because she/he heard a scream. The murderer decided to cut the body up and put him under the floor boards. When the cops came he was so nervous that they would find out that he confessed he murdered the old man.
In this story, Edgar Allan Poe uses incredible uses of writing to keep his readers, well, reading! He uses imagery, characterization, and plot. In all the categories, Poe uses great quotes to explain what is going on. "...there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch..." This is just one of many quotes that Poe uses in the Imagery category. Edgar Allan Poe may be one of the best writers that uses the three main categories for well written literature.
"...there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch." (pg. 628). To me this is one of Poe's most descriptive quotes. He uses this quote to describe how the killer was so close to the old man that that he could hear the beating of his heart. This was when the killer decided to put the mattress over the man and kill him. This was also the most important part in the short story. "...a pale blue eye with a film over it."(pg 625) This quote is described to explain the old man's eye. With this quote you can really imagine the structure of the old mans eye. Blue, shadowy, looks like a vulture. Poe really emphasizes in imagery and i think that is why he is such a great author.
Along with characterization and imagery Edgar Allan Poe always has a great plot to keep his readers hooked to his story.
"I made up my mind to take the life of the old man." (pg 626). This quote tells what the story is about; for the psycho man to rid himself of the old man's eye that drives him insane. I think this quote was a key part to the story for two reasons. One, if this quote wasn't in the story the readers would be left in suspense of what happened to the old man and two, this quote was a give away to show that the man was actually psychotic. "I cut off the head and the arms and the legs." (pg 626). This quote was very descriptive on how the old man dealt with the body after it was murdered. If you were to read on you would find that one of the neighbors called the cops because she/he heard a scream. The murderer decided to cut the body up and put him under the floor boards. When the cops came he was so nervous that they would find out that he confessed he murdered the old man.
In this story, Edgar Allan Poe uses incredible uses of writing to keep his readers, well, reading! He uses imagery, characterization, and plot. In all the categories, Poe uses great quotes to explain what is going on. "...there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch..." This is just one of many quotes that Poe uses in the Imagery category. Edgar Allan Poe may be one of the best writers that uses the three main categories for well written literature.
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