![]() You should have seen how wisely I proceeded - with what caution - with what foresight - with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him" Poe, pg. Once again he becomes defensive towards the reader, "You fancy me mad. The story then begins, describing how he had lived with an old man and eventually became obsessed with his eye, adding that he never wanted to steal the old man's gold because of his strange eye, the narrator decided to kill the old man. He insists that the story he tells is logical and not insane at all, although the very pattern of his language is a bit irrational, saying that he has heard heaven and hell, and the very pattern of his language is uncontrolled and rapid. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily - how calmly I can tell you the whole story" Poe, pg. ![]() ![]() Stories of Edgar Allan Poe The Tell-Tale HeartĪn unnamed narrator defensively declares that he is not insane, "I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. ![]()
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