"The Tell-Tale Heart"

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Of all of Edgar Allan Poe's writings, "The Tell-Tale Heart" is one of the most famous and profound works of his career. Like many of his other writings, Poe delves into the extreme world of schizophrenia, a literary shift not to be widely seen in the American literary society for many decades to come. This paper discusses how Poe uses irony, imagery, and style to capture the reader in this famous short story.

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"Poe uses many examples of imagery in this story to further capture the reader in this world of psychological mayhem. One of his earliest examples can be found within the second paragraph when he describes the old man's eye as ""the eye of a vulture "a pale blue eye, with a film over it" (Poe 92). Additionally, the speaker describes the effect this image has upon him; his "blood rand cold" (92) and he decided to kill the old man. His descriptive sense of style while describing the eye allows the reader to develop proportionate feelings of animosity toward the old man while tapping into feelings of empathy for the speaker. Poe writes that the old man's eye became a shade of blue that was not only lackluster, but sent chills even to the speaker's bones."

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