Poe and Tell-Tale Heart Critical thinking questions

Poe:

How do the emotions and affect function in the works of Poe that we have
read? How does feeling, emotion, embodiment, and perception stand in
relation to rationality, reason, concepts, and representations?

Do you think Poe was mad? Why or why not?

Can someone create these types of stories while being completely sane, or
must one be a little bit “mad” in order to create stories so gothic?

Tell-Tale Heart:

What is the significance of the title of the story, “The Tell-Tale Heart”? What
does the title mean?

What do you think the relationship between the old man and the narrator
is? What could have been the reason for the old man’s “vulture eye”?

Why does the narrator call himself “nervous” but not “mad” in paragraph 1?
What does this tell us about him? How does the author’s point of view
impact the telling of the story?