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    <title>The Tell-Tale Heart Group at eNotes</title>
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        <title><![CDATA[All three stories represent the evil nature of mankind. Poe's stories...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[All three stories represent the evil nature of mankind. Poe's stories ("Cat" and "Heart") often demonstrate theme of man's inherent dark nature.  In Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game," the author uses General Zaroff to show the sinister baseness of humans and also demonstrates that even a "good" individual such as Rainsford can seek vengeance when pushed far enough.
In Poe's two stories, the narrators seem to have given themselves over not...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How are The Tell-tale Heart," "The Black Cat," and "The Most Dangerous...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How are The Tell-tale Heart," "The Black Cat," and "The Most Dangerous Game" similiar?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:34:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the short story 'The Tell Tale Heart' by Edgar Allen Poe, the author...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the short story 'The Tell Tale Heart' by Edgar Allen Poe, the author has one objective in mind - to quickly grab the attention of the reader, scare and intrigue the reader's curiosity,and hold it there til the end. You might want to explore the idea of the effect of suspense. This is where the author suggests an idea or possibility (usually a scary or creepy one!) to a reader by building upon the intrigue little bit by little bit, layer on...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:02:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the short story "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe what is the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the short story "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe what is the single effect the story creates?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:55:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Edgar Allan Poe uses great characterization, and descriptive word...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Edgar Allan Poe uses great characterization, and descriptive word choices in his short story "The Tell-Tale Heart," both of which contribute to the tone of horror and terror.  The narrator of the tale is clearly obsessed and slightly deranged; through using such a creepy and evil narrator, who is so frank about his insidious plans, the entire story is cast with a feeling of horror.  He admits openly that he had nothing against the old man...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:39:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[    Edgar Allan Poe sets the eerie tone of his classic horror short...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[    Edgar Allan Poe sets the eerie tone of his classic horror short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart," from the opening sentences. The narrator admits that he is mad immediately, although he tries to convince the reader that he is sane, establishing that the story will bring some sort of unnatural actions. Poe uses words such as "nervous," "dreadfully," "hell," and "mad"--in the first paragraph alone--to help set the mood of horror. Most of the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:35:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Edgar Allan Poe create a tone of horror and terror in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does Edgar Allan Poe create a tone of horror and terror in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[    In no way whatsoever can the murderous madman of the Edgar Allan...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[    In no way whatsoever can the murderous madman of the Edgar Allan Poe short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart," be considered a hero. A hero is defined as "a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities." Poe's narrator has none of these characteristics. He kills the weak, old man in the middle of the night, an act that shows no bravery. He appears to act as a servant to the old man, showing no...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:32:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How can the narrator in Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Tell- Tale...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How can the narrator in Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Tell- Tale Heart," be considered a hero?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kudos to Kiwi for noticing how Poe varies the sentence structure in his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Kudos to Kiwi for noticing how Poe varies the sentence structure in his story "The Tell Tale Heart" in order to increase the pace of the story. Clearly this story is meant to have tension for both the character and the reader. Early in the story, the narrator blithely claims that he is not insane, and yet all of his actions indicate the exact opposite is true. That being said, after he kills the old man, he can't admit it was wrong (or he...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:26:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The beating heart can also represent the growing excitement within us,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The beating heart can also represent the growing excitement within us, the audience, as the crime is about to be discovered. We find ourselves horrified with the deed that the narrator has committed, but equally fascinated as to whether or not he will escape detection. The pace of sentence structure speeds up and becomes as disjointed as the narrator's thought processes. The beating heart can therefore also be ours as we become involved in the...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[This question can be answered through a close reading of the text; in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This question can be answered through a close reading of the text; in it, the narrator describes his struggle as he murders the old man, and what he does with the body afterwards.  I encourage you to take a close look at it and read it for yourself, because it's such a cool story, and the way that Poe writes it is super intense.
To summarize, the narrator opens the door to the room and eventually, shines the lantern onto the old man.  And,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:03:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, how does the narrator...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, how does the narrator eventually murder the old man?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:48:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The answer to this question can be found pretty quickly in the beginning...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The answer to this question can be found pretty quickly in the beginning of the story itself, if you read closely.  The narrator, widely assumed to be a man, states in the second paragraph rather plainly that he had no real motive for killing the old man.  He tells us that

"Object there was none.  Passion there was none.  I loved the old man.  He had never wronged me.  For his gold I had no desire."

So, the old man had never made him...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:38:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What makes the narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" want to kill the old man?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What makes the narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" want to kill the old man?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:25:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[    First it is the evil eye; then it is the heart beating. It is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[    First it is the evil eye; then it is the heart beating. It is obvious that something is amiss in the mind of the narrator in the chilling horror short story by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart." The mental instability of the narrator makes its appearance from the first lines of the story, and continues through his obsessive compulsion to rid himself of the evil eye.

TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am;...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:41:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The narrator believed that he could hear the old man's heart beating in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The narrator believed that he could hear the old man's heart beating in "The Tell-Tale Heart." Why?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:30:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Like all the Poe-characters, the narrator in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Like all the Poe-characters, the narrator in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' is also a hardened obsessional neurotic. What Freud defined as 'Repetition Compulsion' in Beyond The Pleasure Principle can be used as an accurate theoretical idea to explain his mindscape. He is obsessed with something horrendous, beyond the 'Pleasure Principle' and keeps repeating it compulsively throgh the course of his life. Narrators of 'Berenice' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart'...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Both of the characters have a 'heart' connection: Louise Mallard has a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Both of the characters have a 'heart' connection: Louise Mallard has a 'heart condition' and dies as a result of her husband's unexpected return. She is said to have died as a result of 'the joy that kills'. The narrator in the 'Tell Tale Heart' is plagued by the sound of his victim's heart. I would look into the symbolic interpretations of these two events which should present as a fascinating comparison. Also, both characters cover their...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[It is important that your thesis refers to the fact that as the story is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It is important that your thesis refers to the fact that as the story is a first-person account of events, the audience has only information from a clearly deranges source. The narrator’s words, action and diction all conspire to present him as an irrational, and therefore untrustworthy, narrator.
An exploration of the bizarre movements of the narrator would help to indicate his heightened consciousness and awareness, and may be called upon...]]></description>
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