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The motive for the murder in "The Tell-Tale Heart" was to get rid of the old man's eye. "Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye!" - Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart"
In "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, the protagonist confesses to murdering the old man. The story is told from the perspective of the murderer, who becomes plagued by guilt and is eventually driven to confess his crime due to the sound of the victim's beating heart.
No name is given. The entire story is in the first person telling how he murdered him and why.
Because it's a case of "the butler did it" and butlers are always men.
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How are these similar The Telltale Head as the eighth episode of The Simpsons' first season and the short story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe?
Other than the title, The Telltale Head being a play on The Telltale Heart the similarities lie in The Telltale Heart having the narrator, who is presumably the murderer, being haunted by the sound of the victim's beating heart. Bart, who is also the narrator of The Telltale Head briefly, is haunted by the voice of Jebidiah Springfield.
What has the author Peter West written?
Peter West has written: 'The telltale heart'
What are the release dates for Treasury Men in Action - 1950 The Case of the Telltale Heart 4-5?
Treasury Men in Action - 1950 The Case of the Telltale Heart 4-5 was released on: USA: 24 September 1953
How is the conflict resolved in The Tell-Tale Heart?
the murderer confesses
The Tell-Tale Heart is told from the point of view of the?
Of the murderer/murderess.
What are the release dates for Rude Awakening - 1998 Telltale Heart 3-13?
Rude Awakening - 1998 Telltale Heart 3-13 was released on: USA: 14 September 2000 France: 5 May 2002 Hungary: 11 January 2009
What view is The Tell-Tale Heart in?
The Tell-tale heart is told from the murderer's point of view.
How do you account for the police officers' chatting calmly with the murderer instead of reacting to the sound that stirs the murderer into a frenzy?
It created a contrast between the police and the murderer that intensified the outrage that the murderer felt by their ignoring the maddening beat of the heart that really only he could hear.
What was Alex Cord's role in the 1971 movie 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?
The murderer (narrator)
What is another dramatic irony when the officers came in The Tell-Tale Heart?
They did not hear the beating of the heart and our murderer exposed himself as such by revealing the hiding place of said heart to the police.
When was The Telltale Clue created?
The Telltale Clue was created in 1954.
What is Telltale Games's population?
Telltale Games's population is 90.
