Understanding "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe

A college prof explains the story and offers an interpretation of its message
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[@tvlangsam]

Does anyone else think that the beating heart is his own? He feels his heart racing, but is so insane that he believes he is hearing it the same way he hears "all things in the heaven and in the Earth"? It's not that his senses are acute. It's that he's too nuts to comprehend his own heartbeat.

[@artbyriya.]

Yeah I believe this book is about his crazy conscience

[@Mostrichkugel]

@@artbyriya. It is a short story, not a book. That character does not have a conscience, he is completely devoid of moral values.

[@Mostrichkugel]

No, it is a deception of his deranged mind.

[@kayleighhooper7021]

thats what i thought lol

[@originalinhoKO]

makes sense. for me hero being able to hear the beating of the lifeless heart represents his guilt and weakness. "a guilty conscience needs no accuser". hes not able to keep composure around "judges" (policemen). such guilt could manifest as a stress, and - therefore - a racing heart of his own. but this is more a physical layer of the story.

[@louisszafra4361]

Great video. Just now I realized the homophone of "evil eye" is "evil I" as in evil self.

[@thomasbaron5367]

Poe puts it to a point to explain to the reader that crazy people don't know they're crazy; or rather they are in denial of their own insanity and therefore relish in their own insecurity in an attempt to disprove their own mental state.

[@adamsharif6249]

WAY better than my teacher 😂

[@amirmousawi9156]

Adam Sharif agree

[@madelinebitts2766]

Probably because she's basically doing "poe for idiots" Like, if you needed it explained to you in this much detail, your teacher really can't do much for you.

[@carts88]

Madeline Bitts hey hey hey I’m not stupid I’m just little confused on every assignment in English but I’m in honors so I’m smart lol

[@jyyy.g456]

True

[@RoszaeThaProducer251]

No 🧢

[@EisforEvil]

Projection. His own evil he sees in old man's eye. His own heart beat, he attributes to the old man. His own guilt and horror of what he had done, he places in the lap of the officers.

[@axoltol5363]

I told my teacher this because we are "interviewing" him. I had the same thoughts as you and I got promoted to student of the day which is a horrible one day of fame

[@EisforEvil]

Jah Banks I had to write a paper on this and I picked up so much more in the process. Like for instance did you notice that he's not even entirely sure of why he kills the man? He says it's because of the eye but that's only after having to "remember" what it was. That seems odd that he would forget, considering he claimed the eye bothered him so much. Also notice how he didn't kill the man immediately after seeing his eye. It was the threat of his neighbors hearing the heart beat which sprang him into action. It had nothing to do with the eye. Again, that's weird.

[@axoltol5363]

Im black, even though the guy in the profile picture is white. I had to write a paper too and that is weird

[@PrincessYonna1]

@@axoltol5363 hush

[@sapaomarzai]

what is projection? i'm sorry, my english is bad.

[@oldproji]

I think Poe's work was certainly laced with his own insecurity; his fear of descending into insanity; separation from his brother William and his sister Rosalie. And, of course, an intense fear of loss of anyone that he loved. I believe that the old man in The Tell-Tale Heart is Poe's own father, who left the family when he was young. His mother passed away with tuberculosis when he was just three years of age. Poe never knew his parents, and likely blamed them for deserting him at such a tender age. His own anger and irrational feelings for retribution for this unforgivable act, is played out in the murder of the old man. At last Poe has carried out his retribution against them both but still the guilt persists (the beating of the old man's heart). I believe that Poe hated himself for such pointless feelings against them, and in the story it is Poe's own guilt we see when the old man's murderer is full of remorse for his wicked deed. Will he ever be rid of it? Poe's work, as brilliant, as it is, is full of anger, uncertainty, and self pity. He never did lose his anger, drowning this part of his psyche with alcohol, and becoming a somewhat grumpy, tyrant critic of other writers. aias it any wonder that he earned the name of Tomahawk Man? His death will remain a mystery I guess, and that is befitting for a man who entertained his readers with tales of mystery and imagination.

[@chipamos]

Again, I like your surveys of Poe. When I was in France as a young man, I heard a survey of this subject and the narrative that the heart beat was that of the killer. That when he had killed the "Old Man", the Old Man took control of his heart. And, on another hand, he had not fully thought through murder. The death of the Old Man was an amount of guilt he had not counted on trying to control. His confession, though unintended confession, was a product of guilt.

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Yes, yes! Thanks for stating this so clearly!

[@lesmenezes9784]

The comments are priceless. Together with the lecture video, the analyses probe far corners and open new doors. I feel it's a dream , perhaps repeating, a harrowing distortion of reality. There is no murder. The eye for whatever reason triggers a disastrous trauma which escalates into psychological depths.

[@zombiecarrot]

I love how she's reading this so gently with a smile.. heh

[@jervoncolefarris1616]

Right, totally fits the mood

[@99JDD]

I love the way you explain this story. Your students are so lucky to have you! Thank you

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Aw, thanks, and you're welcome!

[@lilygreep9607]

Really, thank you a lot for doing this video, you saved my life! I love how you told this story, it really flowed! You earned yourself a new subscriber!

[@marybabin8615]

Thank you so much! This was an excellent resource that I can provide to my struggling reader students who may have been confused about what truly happened in this story.

[@oliviaarmstrong9766]

I'm doing the Tell-Tale heart for a competition and you really helped me with the character development!! Thank you!

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Another thought from a conversation with a fellow English teacher: Each of us lives his own reality. That is, our perspective tells us what things are and whether they matter. The opposite view: Reality is an objective fact and we each have blind spots in our understanding of it. This main character is trouble either way!

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[@Mylife-gh7oi]

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[@tadrico3603]

SixMinuteScholar Cool video

[@niahilliard5884]

This helps me so much. I'm doing a mock trial at school about this story to see if the man is sane or insane and this liked saved my life.

[@sergiomarquez7420]

Great video, I watched a lot of "analysis" of this story and only yours was really complete and deep, also you explained it in a really clear way, loved it, thanks!

[@taneikamiliam3023]

This story is very gothic. But I like the way that you gave a clear understanding of the story. It was really helpful to my current assignment. Continue posting any college student will find it useful. I'm happy and I am sure others will be too. Thank You!!! Job Well done.

[@NappyHeadedWhore]

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[@dane4944]

Thank you so much! I was really struggling with my homework on this story and you have really helped me to understand it better.

[@matthewcuriel7165]

Thank you soooo much!! You're helping me understand Poe's stories and saving my grade in Composition 2!!!

[@Valuzo]

I totally agree with your view on the narrator's heart playing an important role. The relationship between rationality and heart was also an important topic for literature and art at the time period when this was written (Romantic period). Preceeding this periso was the year of enlightenmant and reason, and i think what Poe tries to highlight in this short-story is how a man cannot just follow his rationality, but needs his heart to guide him. A harmony between the heart and reason.

[@MundoTrain4069]

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[@tannermcginn7330]

Preceding this video I listened to Sir Christopher Lee's reading of The Tell-Tale Heart. There also happens to be a college drumline practicing down the street at the same time. I tell you there is nothing creepier than hearing the heartbeat the Narrator is describing in vivid detail, only to pause the video and still hear the steady beating continue. 😱

[@paulinelazarte4663]

great vid! i have few ideas to add: 1. he was so perplexed by old man's eye probably he felt he's being watched ?? 2. he didnt specifiy his relationship to the old man to emphasize that he did not see the old man as person but just the owner of the Eye 3. structure wise, all the repetitive elaborate details put more thrill and i think it was giving him pleasure ("...i pities him, although i chuckled at a heart) as he stated on the eighth night :" i could scarcely contain my triumph" 4. also in the opening, he called the deed as 'disease', which may suggest that he was aware of his act to be wrong followed by his claim that it sharpened his senses. (a disease would normally deteriorate one's physical yet he claims otherwise) 5. THE STRUCTURE OF THE STORY is made up of contrasts. i love it.

[@saram6337]

You're actually really good! Thank you a lot for helping me to understand it even better 🌹

[@Kevo216666]

Loved the way you launched straight into your review - told with great clarity.

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Thanks!

[@corya7239]

Thank you so much for this! You really helped me understand this story.

[@LawlietxxLight]

Thank you so much!!! This will help me on my highschool finals tomorrow :) and I really understand it now and I have various things I can do with my paper now, thanks to you!!!

[@eylul4831]

this was the best review of an edgar allan poe work i've ever seen, thank you

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Thanks so much for your kind words!!

[@hamzaqubbaj4176]

Thanks a lot for this video , I have an exam tomorrow in Edgar Alien Poe story "The Tell Tale Heart " .. I hope that I learned a lot from you more than what I learned from my professor .

[@yolandacedillo397]

Great analysis! I really understood what you were trying to explain and I agree with you. Thanks for posting this video and helping me understand the story better.

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Yolanda Cedillo You're welcome! Thanks for commenting. :-)

[@alexscandella4364]

So happy that I've found that! I'm kinda struggling of getting a good construct of this story, but seems like my problem is solved by now :)

[@lynnnguyen91]

Incredible! I'm currently taking a Reading and Response to Literature course right now and your explanation really makes the reading assignments more exciting to read. Thank you!

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Oh, good! Hope the class is a good one!

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[@preston5857]

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[@Olly-xc2ff]

Your analysis on The Tell Tale Heart has so improved my critics on the short story, with your explanation; i have been able to do my assignment successfully, but i would love to know if you could help me further by analyzing some other novels and poems. Thank you.

[@idontgiveadamn6341]

I have a final exam about this story and 5 others which i can also find it in your channel . Thank you so much for helpful videos. 🌹❤️

[@yumilein9740]

This is great. Thank you for helping me understanding the story! ^-^

[@hebazakareya3302]

Actually I always follow your explanation videos, your explanations are such amazing. 1. After I've been searching to know what is the source of the thought " Evil Eye" I figured out that " Belief in the Evil Eye crosses many cultures and is rooted in folklore". A person possessed of an Evil Eye is believed to have the ability to harm other people simply by looking at them in a particular way. Belief in the Evil Eye can be found in the ancient Greek and Roman cultures. 2. About the Old man, I think he was the "Master of the house", and the Narrator is the "Servant", because why does the old man have a treasure in the house? and why does the narrator know about the treasure and where it is? Maybe that's why he killed the old man, actually he is his master, and he is lonely, so maybe the narrator felt hatred toward him, and he was pretty sure that the master is so weak and lonely. So why not?

[@nyeonganygstan8951]

I understand this explanation more than our teacher... Thank you anyway for this awesome video.

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Ann Yeong I'm glad you understand; it is a joy to know things! :-) Glad to help.

[@macym1109]

Thank you VERY much. I am preparing for a debate to put the man on trial and you just saved my life for evidence.

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Interesting! Good luck!

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[@zachdixon9558]

I really enjoyed this I'm 37, and I've read this story since I was in middle school, but never have. I thought about it in the ways that you have analyzed it.

[@chriswaynegetinmoney]

Zach Dixon How does poe integrate the role of the senses in a tell tale heart?

[@myvideochannel6404]

@@chriswaynegetinmoney yes he does

[@Mylife-gh7oi]

thanks i am an grade 8 student we have this story its helped me alot to understand it and know the theme and because i have reading exam thanks alot : )

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[@andydaitsman5139]

When I read this story in high school, oh, so many years ago, we learned the heart he heard beating was his own. Prof. Balcarcel's analysis, however, rests on the notion that the narrator has no heart, and that its absence undermines his rationality, his ability to affect the world in a positive way. What if we join the two analyses? The narrator suppresses his heart or misunderstands it, he doesn't allow it to influence his behavior, and therefore he conducts evil. In the end, though, the heart reimposes itself on his consciousness, restoring order. Emotion over reason, a very romantic conception! (google "Poe" and "Romanticism," it's revealing.)

[@klingkling47]

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[@Sifrat]

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[@aaliyah7165]

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[@aishanoor3748]

Thanks a lot for this good explanation

[@Isabella-ko7fc]

You have a great amount of short stories that I am reading in my English class. I would love to hear you review “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

[@marwaibrahim4326]

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[@calebmcdonald7713]

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[@MrMicahthemagician]

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[@stinkyvictor]

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[@katejackson4281]

Thank you, this is a wonderful analysis

[@yousraghlalou2769]

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[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

Thanks for the built in citation. Very helpful

[@madeleinemontilla1755]

thank you so much!! I have to make a presentation for my english class and this gave me a lot of ideas =)

[@LOVEBOMB-2]

Thanks for your video I can study this literature with fun! Thank you~

[@mollyackman]

I really liked the video! I was thinking that the "Old Man" was maybe a father figure or some personal relationship that the narrator had. The person might of wronged him or caused him pain, and the eye represents the suffering that he might've went through. Therefore, the narrator wanted to get rid of the eye. I don't know if that's correct, but it is just my personal inference.

[@rainman4516]

I think that the narrator is definitely mad and here are some examples why. The eye, the heart, the old man, the police officers, and the clock. He killed the poor old man only because of his vulture eye. This pretty much tells you about his characteristics in the story. He also acted like he was an assassin in the story because, he was describing how well prepared he was how intelligent he was and how quiet and stealthy he was when he was about to takedown the old man. And at the end of the story he was feeling guilty of the murder it was so bad that he ended up confessing to the police.

[@CaitMcKi]

I'm learning in therapy I had a parent growing up who taught me to completely repress my own feelings, boundaries, opinions, etc. I remember ten years ago, I had to read this story for the first time during an eleventh-grade English test. At the time I was really confused about whether the narrator was actually crazy, because I thought he might be, but he kept insisting he wasn't (if he said he wasn't, how did I know he wasn't right, and I was just being paranoid?) I'm now realizing these two things are connected LOL.

[@Ellen_Seokjin]

Thank you very much, ma'am. ♡

[@tgmolitor6215]

For starters, we know that the narrator has a social phobia - a social anxiety disorder - in which he exhibits a deep fear of negative evaluation. The old man's eye is a symbol for social judgement. The narrator can not stand to be judged. Secondly, the narrator appeals directly to the reader not to judge him as mad. He is afraid of being misjudged. Finally, our narrator gets hoisted on his own petard by his own persecutory delusion. He thinks the police are the villains (as is the old man's eye a villain) and he thinks the police are mocking him by not disclosing that they too hear the same sounds that the narrator does. Again, the perception (untrue) that the police are mocking him is another variant of the fear of negative evaluation.

[@alinap350]

well, judgment kills any empathy. ->just a hint where madness comes from (being mad myself).... just to make a point: the whole story is about a HEART.

[@Soymilksoul]

I've interpreted this to be something of an twisted Sherlock Holmes character, extremely rational, and obsessed with details. I agree that it's his own heart that he hears beating, but he is so fixated on the details of things it overwhelms him and drives him mad.

[@blackcrow7049]

Bob Dylan did a quote about this Poe's tale , on his last song recorded '' I Contain Multitudes'' . I'm sure that Dylan tell us how he feels old and how feels that the death is around him , but it's no fear at all , even he talks with ''the madame'' which is ''sitting on his knee'' face to face to avoid her that '' Keep your mouth away from me'' because he'll go ahead till '' there's no love left behind'' . I wish you could help me to understand why Dylan quotes Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart ... ''Got a tell-tale heart , like Mr. Poe / Got skeletons in the walls of people you know / I'll drink the truth and the things we said / I'll drink to the man that shares your bed / I paint landscapes and I paint nudes / I contain multitudes '' .

[@trindinwright6374]

Love Bob Dylan, this album was so amazing! So this is what I think of the Connection. Edgar Allan Poe was a master at misdirection with the narrator being mainly the only speaker most attach the focus onto him, but the Old Man is much more important, what he lays out so well is that the OM has never wronged him and he wants nothing from the OM, but there’s something about his eye, now there’s been many different interpretations of what the eye represents. I think it represents the report of the Poets. The way the poets are able to look at the world and through different artistic mediums painting, activism, writing, speaking etc etc offer a reflection of the way things really are. Poe was showing how the world(the narrator) treats the poet and how through cognitive dissonance we hate being challenged and it takes an otherwise sane person and drives them mad over whatever triggers them, whatever challenges them, in a way only Artists can. What it does is expose that conflict of what I know, I may be doing is wrong, but I hate that you see it and call me on it, whatever you feel triggered about probably shouldn’t be there, which explains why he can only kill the OM when he sees(feels challenged) by the eye, look how the world treats anyone who dares challenge it we’ll take a popular example like Martin Luther King Jr, just his eye to challenge created such tension in the world that he had to be killed as the Old Man did, but this isn’t unique to just MLK whenever you have anyone challenge, look at the backlash they face whether it be societal shunning, death or, just a life of ridicule before society catches up to the ones that were ahead of their time. Then we have to come to grips with what the world did because the guilt eats at the world .. the beating heart under the floorboards is the guilty conscience and what he’s saying here is that no matter the suppression no matter how we’re about to get away with it there’s an intrinsic code that our conscience will not let non poets shake. The connection Dylan is making is this, he’s proclaiming his Poetic vision. He’s a poet who throughout his illustrious career of challenging the system and works through his eye has faced tremendous backlash, look at when he changed from acoustic to electric he was booed repeatedly and hated, just to later be lauded for his innovations to electric, as Poe also faced his own hardships in his life, many other Poets=Artists talk about the “eye” and their struggle to deal with seeing the world differently, equally famous Emily Dickinson speaks often of the Artist’s condition with vision. We only exist in the present because of the imagination of previous Poets and are only progressed by the imagination of current ones. But they’re mostly hated in their time and lauded in the future and through an actual or figurative death like the Old Man.

[@lakanrumi7319]

Thank you very much then now I understand the whole story talking about.🤙😇

[@susanclark7697]

Interesting to hear your thoughts, especially towards the close of the video. I just read the story dramatically on my channel.

[@fsl8204]

Thank you Miss 🙏🏼

[@madeofcake6972]

Perfect analysis! :)

[@gregariousness5540]

Have a essay on this story thank you now I understand.

[@Ivansthename]

I believed The Narrator to be Death, at least the capable killer in us all. I think a connection and marriage is made between death's one true lust, drive or purpose and our own. This motivation, whatever it may be, is similar to our own undefined purpose; we live our lives in search of it nonetheless. I think the moral of the story is that our efforts require resources and exchange of everything and anything we deem necessary; we are even capable of exchanging sanity, liberty, and life to find the cure for the itch.

[@jerryemt2001]

Love me some Poe. Had an English professor who loved Poe. Two things I recall her saying about Poe. 1. Poe's characters esp the ones narrating were typically unreliable. Just like this prof is saying. 2. Poe's male characters typically were with fair skinned and fair haired women but they always desired the dark hair Mediterranean woman they could never have

[@iffatjahan7949]

7 years! ❤️

[@Olly-xc2ff]

your analysis on The Tell Tale Heart has really helped me solving my assignment, but i would love to know if you can help in the analysis of a novel and poem ?

[@JadeAngel75]

Thank you so............much for doing this video. It helps :)

[@mennam.nassef478]

I believe that the narrator was hearing his own heartbeat, which rose with his nervousness. And out of his guilt, he believed that it was the old man's heartbeat.

[@ChristmasBob]

I'm in the USA. At the time,I was in the 6th grade. History. We had a free time. Our teacher,read us The Tell Tale Heart. I've never read a book(not for fun). I did read,George Lucas The Empire Strikes Back,for a class report,in another class. No, I have not read a book for fun. Nor did I like any author. So ,as the teacher was reading The Tell Tale Heart,I began to like it. Then I started liking the name,Edgar Allen Poe. In the story,I believe,the guy/murderer was the Butler of the old man. I know,Edgar Allen Poe,is an english author. Some English people or UK people,may or may not have maids/butlers. The butler,may have gotten tired of being a butler,so he killed the guy or the old man had gotten sick. The guy,didn't know,what to do,he killed the old guy.

[@ChanceTaylor13]

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[@nek0nlin327]

Thank you!

[@Esulio]

I think in "a pale blue eye, with a film over it" the "film over it" means that the man is blind. I don't know if I'm right or not but this is my interpretation because blind person's eyes are usually pale blue with an opaque film over it.

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[@SixMinuteScholar]

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[@TheMoon47]

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[@uhlucy9564]

Only person helping me pass my reading tests

[@chriswaynegetinmoney]

How does poe integrate the role of the senses in a tell tale heart?

[@rhyvyn13]

Thank you for this I understand the Story well :D

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Oh, good! You're welcome.

[@leonpse]

I always that the mad man heard his own heart beating. The first time he was hiding and getting nervous and excited and the second time was when he was scared of the police might somehow find out he killed the old man.

[@zinebzizi4262]

I'm interested with Edgar Allan poe short stories . I've just red the this short story" the tell tale heart" which is the second one I read after the black cat. However, I found it interesting but I also found some tackles that make my comprehension is not that perfect .

[@ainhoalorenzo8724]

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[@chriswaynegetinmoney]

Ainhoa Lorenzo How does poe integrate the role of the senses in a tell tale heart?

[@devonparris]

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[@SixMinuteScholar]

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[@teds.4069]

If the madman had deathwatch beetles keeping him awake, he may have been deprived of sleep. Maybe a lack of restful sleep resulted in his anxiety and drove him to madness and murder The beating of the heart was similar to the beating sound made by the beetles. Maybe this is a story about the possible consequences of sleep-depravation. Since he was unable to sleep peacefully and dream, his life became a nightmare..

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Ted S. Good insight!

[@DudeFromDust]

Your eyes are beautiful! All the time i was watching the video, i was looking at your eyes and their movements and expressions. I'm serious, even if it sounds ironically here)

[@JacobStarr]

Do you have any videos or recommendations reading/otherwise on the view that POE's later work was a sort of satire on the gothic (or romantic) style?

[@perlemalowicki7848]

thank you for preparing me for my test

[@angelcage1913]

Thanks for your explanation teacher.i think that the guy hates himself , because he sees himself in the eye of the old ' I=eye ', and the more he kills the more he feels guilty and the hate increased , he will never accept himself.

[@aldomontanari]

I think maybe he feels his heart beating and thinks is the old mans heart, and the evil he sees in the eye is his own evil. When he says villains to the police officers, we understand that this man is unable to admit his own acts and feelings, therefore he feels no guilt, he is insane

[@andreaslarsen2219]

during my last read-through I noticed that the one and only time the narrator adresses the old man as " the victim" is the exact moment he can start hearing the heart. as the eye is now dealt with, it " rehumanizes" the old man, victimizing him. and so our narrator is over-run with guilt.

[@10personalitiesguy]

This is a cool little story about a madman who thinks he is somehow above being mad. But in fact he is the epitome of madness. As he has developed a mental illness which severely distorts his perception of reality, and which ultimately causes him to commit murder. The murder of his very own uncle!( actually i'm not sure if it was his uncle or his lover). At any rate, in my opinion, this story is an account on the topic of mental illness and the fine line between genius and insanity. Similar to another story of his ,titled "Berenice" which is also about a highly intelligent man who develops a mental illness which drives him to commit murder( a great story btw with a cool twist at the end highly recommend it).

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Great insights! Thanks for adding this.

[@hannahadil408]

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[@SixMinuteScholar]

You're welcome! And thanks. :-)

[@aldrinaldrin4618]

I think the beating the narrator heard was actually his own heart upon the sight of the "vulture eye" mistaking it as of that oldman's. Then he started to calm down after committing the crime. And the last beating he heard that the police "pretended" not to hear was actually due to his own guilt again blaming it to the dead man's heart.

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