![]() ![]() ![]() The narrator says that he suffers from "nervousness" that forces "excessive sharpness of the senses". Nevertheless, these extremely detailed actions ironically confirm his insanity instead his sanity. He uses evidence of the methodical precision with which he did this murder. Rather than being concerned about his crimes or the consequences of his actions, the narrator is obsessed with proving his sanity. ![]() The narrative develops as the unnamed narrator reveals his crimes to the readers. But the guilt breaks him inside and he finally confesses his crime to the officers at the scene.Īs in many Poe's other main characters, the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" is unreliable. He manages to come up with a plan and one night ends up killing a man. He is obsessively worried about it and decides to kill the man to close his eye forever. He is hypersensitive to sounds and images and is very bothered by the old man's ugly eye. He is aware of his craziness and crazy thoughts, yet he justifies them as healthy because he can still strategize and think smartly. The unnamed narrator is the central character of this short story. ![]()
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