The narrator in "The Tell Tale Heart" has felt all of these emotions. The narrator in "The Tell Tale Heart" is mentally unstable. ... First off, the narrator in "The Tell Tale Heart" demonstrates he is mentally unstable because he wants to kill the old man due to his "vulture" eye (Poe). ... In conclusion, the narrator in "The Tell Tale Heart" is mentally unstable because he wants to kill the old man because of his eye, he thinks it is the right thing to do, and he feels he is sane in killing the old man. ...

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Compare and Contrast In this essay I will compare and contrast the protagonist in the two stories "How to Build a Fire", and "The Tell Tale Heart". ... "The Tell Tale Heart" is about a man telling the story of his perfect crime. ... In "The Tell Tale Heart", Poe shows the reader immediately that the protagonist is very proud of himself. ... In "The Tell Tale Heart", the man's overconfidence is the reason he is caught. ... In "A Tell Tale Heart", the antagonist is the man, who is also the protagonist, making the conflict man versus himself. ...

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The two following tales - "The Cast of Amontillado" and " The Tell Tale Heart " - are stories where the narrator is completely different but the author is the same. ... On the other hand, " The Tell Tale Heart ", is without a doubt a different poetic prose. ... " The Cast of Amontillado ", is a powerful tale of revenge. ... In contrast, " The Tell Tale Heart " consists in human nature that is a delicate balance of light and dark; good and evil. ... The tale tells you that the fear of the narrator is provoked by the old man's eye. ...

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Some of the most striking similarities can be found between "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", two short stories that divulge the inner workings of a perverse mind. ... "The Black Cat" is Poe's second psychological study of domestic violence and guilt (the first being "The Tell-Tale Heart"); however, this story does not deal with premeditated murder. ... The disclosure of the crime, as in "The Tell-Tale Heart," is caused by a warped sense of triumph and the conscience of the murderer. ... What makes this story different from "The Tell-Tale Heart" is that Poe has added a new el...

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"The Tell Tale Heart" is a story, on the most basic level, of conflict. ... Ultimately, the narrator tells his story of killing his housemate. ... On the surface, the physical setting of "The Tell Tale Heart" is typical of the period and remarkably typical of Poe. ... Three elements of literary work that truly sum up the theme of "The Tell Tale Heart" are setting, character, and language. ... This is shown exquisitely in "The Tell Tale Heart". ...

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