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    The narrator claims to be sane but his actions prove otherwise as he kills an old man who he claims has a "vulture eye". He dismembers the body and hides it under the floorboards. Though he believes he has committed the perfect crime, the sounds he imagines hearing from beneath the floor lead to his confession and downfall.

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    The narrator claims to be sane but his actions prove otherwise as he kills an old man who he claims has a "vulture eye". He dismembers the body and hides it under the floorboards. Though he believes he has committed the perfect crime, the sounds he imagines hearing from beneath the floor lead to his confession and downfall.

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    The narrator claims to be sane but his actions prove otherwise as he kills an old man who he claims has a "vulture eye". He dismembers the body and hides it under the floorboards. Though he believes he has committed the perfect crime, the sounds he imagines hearing from beneath the floor lead to his confession and downfall.

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    THE TELL-TALE HEART by EDGAR ALLAN POE

    1. Describe the narrator. How does he describe himself?

    2. Can the narrator prove he`s not mad? If not, what are his flaws? What makes you think he is sane or
    insane?

    3. is it significant that the narrator kills the man with his own bed? Would substituiting this element change
    the story?

    4. How is the old man`s eye described? How does this description connect to Gothic literature?

    5. At the end he confesses he murdered the old man. How could NOT cnfessing help hi mor hurt him?

    5. Madness and imagination go hand in hand. What did the narrator really hear?

    6. Is the strucutre of the story completely linear, chronological?

    7. Which elements of Gothic fiction are present in the story? Think of insanity, horror, death, fear, setting,
    etc.

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