What kind of story is The Tell-Tale Heart?

Answer 1

The narrator of the story gets a little excited because the old man he is staying with has one dead eye - so he kills him and conceals him under the floor boards of his room. The police come looking for the old guy and have a pleasant conversation with the narrator. The narrator however hears the beating of his victim's heart and becomes more and more distressed until he flies into a fit, implores the police to tear up the floor boards, and confesses.

Answer 2

The Tell-tale Heart is about a man who chooses to tell you his story. His insists that he is not crazy, which, of course, makes you question his sanity. He begins his story by saying that his master was unnerving and had a vulture eye that he always felt was watching him, even in sleep. This eye finally drives the narrator to kill the old man and stuff him under the floorboards. The police arrive shortly after because a neighbor complains of a commotion. The narrator assures the policemen that all is well and even invites them in to prove his point. As they are walking through the house, the narrator begins to hear a heart beating. He tries to shake it off, but the beating becomes louder and louder until the man can stand it no more. He believes that the old man is coming back to haunt him and confesses his dirty deeds in one guilty rush.
Guilt

Answer 3

The narrator can not stand the old man's vulture eye, so he murders the old man and cuts him into pieces and hides him under his floor. The cops come, and he is so crazy that he thinks he can hear the heart still beating; as a result, he gives himself up to the police.

Answer 4

I am not exactly sure what you mean but I can tell you a short summary! Poe( the main character and narrator of the story) is creeped out by the old man's eye! we are told that the main character is insane. We don't know what relationship the two main characters face but I personally think that Poe is the servant of the old man. So since the eye bothers Poe so much, he makes up a skilled plan to kill the man. so he kills him and his guilt makes him confess to the murder. I hope this helped.

-Angela Sarukhanyan :)

Answer 5

AnswerIt is how the old man is scared and Edgar Allan Poe is paranoid. He is frightened by the fact that the old man might kill him.

Answer 6

It is a good story about what guilt and the conscience realization of what an act can do to a person and their sanity.